Re: How to Sponsor a Feature

Decibel! wrote:
> On Jun 12, 2008, at 8:49 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> Greg Smith wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> We discussed this in the PGCon dev's meeting, and the outcome of the
>> discussion was that we needed to put up a wiki page explaining to those
>> trying to pledge the money what to do and what to expect. David took
>> the first step by writing the page being complained about.
>>
>> If the page doesn't explain what the title says, then the contents of
>> the page needs to be fixed (not the title).
>
> So were there decisions in the dev meeting about how the community
> wants to handle people wanting to sponsor a project? Do they donate to
> SPI? Do we have an escrow fund? Do we just point them at one of the
> "Postgres Companies" and hope they're willing to pay for the whole thing?
>

Who said anything about there being decisions? The only decision made
was to create this docvument, AFAIR.

cheers

andrew