UB Ports funding
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@domubpkm
Yes it was :winking_face: -
@rondarius the first official release of Ubuntu was in 2004 if I'm not mistaken.
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@domubpkm
Dang it, you are right, hahaha, sometimes time doesn't flow as fast as one think. -
Altruism is a fine concept but it is unrealistic to expect everything to be provided at no cost to oneself if it costs the developers money to provide it for you. I expect most of us would also like a free car and a free holiday every year, but only a fool would expect it to happen. The idea that Ubuntu Touch should be free of cost because of poverty in some parts of the world is a fine principle, but the reality is that UT is most widely used in the wealthy nations, the ones who can best afford to support it. I note that several contributors to this forum advertise that they have more than one phone, others show they own new phones costing hundreds of dollars/pounds/euros, others seem to treat phones as expendible. To my mind they are the people who can afford to pay a regular significant contribution to UB Ports.
The fact remains that UB Ports has been unable to keep up with developments since its inception four years ago because it does not have the resources to do so. That situation will not change unless more developers, or the money to pay for them, are taken on.
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@cliffcoggin said in UB Ports funding:
That situation will not change unless more developers, or the money to pay for them, are taken on.
More contribution whatever form it takes. Releasing the core team or the foundation from some task would be a good improvement.
Dalton already made it clear that sorting the tickets on Gitlab/Github is an important time consuming task.
Also there is community management (if we want to think like a company), being active on social networks, here on the forum, on Telegram and whatnot. -
@cliffcoggin
Hi,
People who are able to donate a significant amount of money are used to getting what they think they will get, otherwise it will be returned or claimed.What is not possible with donations, so they will be careful not to spend a lot of money in advance, but they want to try it out to form a satisfaction ranking, on the basis of which they decide what it is worth to you.
Only with hobbies and other passions or for donations to charities, the money plays a subordinate role.
It's just the way it is in this world, you can't deny it or change it.
Greetings Mario
