Re: [Usability] Allow donations for precise bugs

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 08:34 -0800, Nadyne Mielke wrote:
> At 01:14 AM 3/12/2005, Maurizio Colucci wrote:
> >Maurizio Colucci wrote:
> 
> >>Currently, in bugzilla, I can file bugs or propose new features. My idea 
> >>is to allow users to donate money directed towards a *precise* feature or 
> >>a *precise* bug.
> >Let me give you an example of the process I am advocating.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> A few questions:
> 
> What happens if the developer doesn't implement the feature (got busy, 
> couldn't do it, simply disapeared, whatever)?
> 
> Who administrates this?  I'd want someone aside from the developer to do 
> it, so that we don't see some random person coming in and saying 'oh, yeah, 
> I will write your code', taking donations, and then absconding.

If you only get paid when the patch is accepted (as for current GNOME
bounties) then that's no problem.

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