Re: Bounties

[mike]

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:24:40 +0000, Graham Percival wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 03:01:50AM -0800, address@hidden 
> wrote:
> > 1)  Create an e-mail address "address@hidden" (this I can't
> > do - can someone please do this).
>
> Can't do.
>
> > Seems simple, effective, and startable in the next two weeks.  I'm
> > sure it is not perfect, but LilyPond is not perfect, and it seems
> > better to start something and change it as need be than to not do
> > anything.
>
> Check your email archives for our discussion on 2011 Dec 2 for all
> the reasons I think this is a bad idea.
>
> - Graham

Given that several users have already expressed the desire to give 
money this way and at least one developer has expressed the desire to 
take money this way, it seems that the only thing missing is the 
clearinghouse through which the exchange happens.  I'll propose a patch 
in a bit that does this: I think the best way to decide as a community 
if we want this is to read over a patch, see if we like it, and then 
either put it on a countdown or not.  In the meantime, I think people 
should take a gander at:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/?lang=fr
http://ardour.org/
http://musescore.org/fr

They're all music related projects that have a donation system 
implemented.  Especially with MuseScore, we could just ask them how if 
it has proven to be effective for them.

Cheers,
MS