Re: How to Sponsor a Feature

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.
>
> 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.

That's what I thought, too. That page just needs a different title.

Best Regards
Michael Paesold