Re: How to Sponsor a Feature

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> If we want to help people to sponsor features, then I think we need to
> deal with subjects like finding someone to undertake the development,
> the sponsor's relationship with the developer, methods and times of
> payment, etc.

The bit on the wiki is helpful for developers trying to get a new feature
implemented but I think that's where its scope ends.

There seem to be occasional person wandering by here that it really
doesn't help though. Periodically you'll see "I want feature $X in
PostgreSQL. I'm willing to help fund it. What do I do?". In most of
those that have wandered by recently, $X is a known feature any number of
other people want. Good sample cases here are recent requests to help
fund or implement materialized views, supporting queries on read-only
slaves, and SQL window support.

I don't think these people need guidance on how to manage the project,
they need some sort of way to feel comfortable saying "will pledge $Y for
feature $X" in a way that makes sense on both sides.

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* Greg Smith gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD