Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

On 10.02.2022 17:56, Michael Weghorn wrote:

Hi Michael (W.),

I absolutely agree with what you wrote.
My deepest thank you for being so open-minded!

> On 10/02/2022 16.31, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> > On 2/10/22 13:36, Michael Weghorn wrote:
> > > Of course, in case the main intention were for TDF to provide more 
> > > business-like services (like an LTS version or creating an impression 
> > > of "donate a certain amount of money and your pet bug will be 
> > > fixed"), I see very well how that might interfere significantly with 
> > > the business model of ecosystem companies.
> >
> > Totally agree. But I don't see the issue, as ESC and BoD members could 
> > easily stop any project before it starts, when there is a potential 
> > risk of conflict. AFAIK, major development activities are scrutinized 
> > by both bodies, as they are ranked in order of importance, suggested, 
> > approved and transformed to tenders, or not considered for tendering.
>
> I totally agree, extending that process to cover significant tasks
> that internal developers would work on may be a solution.
>
> > Development activities which are not considered for tendering, or just 
> > ignored, could probably be developed by TDF without creating 
> > disruptions (or even discussions).
>
> To double-check nobody is "secretly" working on that as well or is
> planning to do so, discussing/mentioning larger items first certainly
> won't hurt.
> (But that doesn't only apply for work done by TDF developers; e.g. the
> weekly ESC call already has a "What’s cooking" section where that
> would fit well.)
>
> > I am rather sure that in 7 million lines of code (plus the open bugs) 
> > there are enough challenges for everyone.
>
> Definitely!
>
> > Of course, given my complete lack of understanding of development, is 
> > too easy to find a technical angle to disprove what I just wrote, 
> > [...]
>
> At least from my developer's perspective, I totally agree with what you 
> wrote.

Thanks again,
Marina

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