Re: [Opensync-users] One ticket per week?

[Dotan C. <dot...@gm...>]

>> I have been following OpenSync development for about two years, hoping
>> to have sync between my Nokia 6288 and KDE-PIM (specifically,
>> Kaddressbook and Korganizer, the contacts and calendar components).
>> However, it seems that the rate of progress stands at about one issue
>> closed per week (http://www.opensync.org/roadmap?show=all), and at
>> that rate 0.41 ("Completing this milestone will lift the distribution
>> packaging ban.") will be ready in around August 2010.
>
> Thanks for the analyse - sounds pretty scary ...
>
>> So in the most
>> troll-free and understanding manner, I ask the community what I, as a
>> user, can do to get my contacts on the phone in a stable, non-hacky
>> manner. Should I switch to Windows / Outlook / Nokia's sync suite?
>> Should I donate $20 to the Opensync project? Should I learn to program
>> and fix it myself?
>
> Money is always a tricky thing - we definitely should setup a some donate
> portal so we can support OpenSync developer to travel to meetings (which help
> the development!). But i have some doubt that donation in this amount of money
> really help to assign one developer full-time on OpenSync development ...
> setting someone up on full-time to do a quick OpenSync sprint would help to
> get things quickly done and released.
>
> Anyway, actually i should spend time one fixing outstanding bugs - and
> original thought about not starting here a discussion, but:
>
> Any volunteer who could setup such donate portal for the OpenSync project?
>
> Also with regards to other replies:
> I completely agree with Björn and Chris - we lack on core developers which fix
> outstanding issues which block 0.39 or 0.40 release.
>
> For me things recently changed - last month i started with a new job at B1
> Systems. I'm working now from home, not any longer from a office. (Which
> requires lots of discipline to get actually things done). Of course i wasted
> in the beginning lots of productive time - and didn't managed to contribute to
> OpenSync at all in the last month. But i hope to get some things done today.
>
> With regards, to the other replies: like hiring a developer:
>
> If there are some serious request for (sponsored) project work i could try to
> assign this to trusted OpenSync core-developers.
>
> As you can see on my signature, I'm still with FOSS development. I'm allowed
> to work full-time on OpenSync if I'm not assigned to a different project. The
> next week(s) I'm already assigned to a project. Of course you can contact me
> privately if you need to get a OpenSync based project done.
>
> Best Regards,
> Daniel
>

Thank you for your reply, Daniel. I did not mean to imply that $20
would be as payment for a developer, that would buy about 15 minutes
programming time tops! I would not insult the project nor the devs
like that. My intention was to show support and appreciation. I have
donated this same amount to Wine, individual devs, other random FOSS
projects that I use, and even KDE multiple times. Not as payment, but
as support and appreciation.

My intention is to donate $20 to the OpenSync project as soon as I
start using it. However, if donating now instead of then would help
spur development, then I'd gladly like to help get the ball rolling.

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