[Typo3-shop] future of shop extensions

[Franz Holzinger]

Hello hirisov,

> 4, what's the problem then?
> 
> I think the problem is that the users don't know how, for what, how 
> much, and to whom should donate to make things faster or get their ideas 
> implemented. The devs don't know (exactly) which function would be 
> really succesfull and important, so what should they work on to get 
> donation?
A user just contacts any developer he wants or/and also the head of 
development for the shop extension. Then the develper implements the new 
features. The TYPO3 developers can be found on the mailing lists and 
forums. If a developer himself wants to get paid he will have to contact 
shop providers himself and offer his service. Or he contributes to the 
development free of charge in the beginning. The offers for donations 
will come later.

But there is also the possibility to write some features and demand 
money before they will get published. Maybe the TYPO3 organisation can 
collect the money to pay the developer then.

> I think with some organization, clarification of the current stage, 
> outline clearly the planned functions and point out the bottlenecks we 
> could start to collect donations for the devs. I know nobody's time is 
> free, but a good shop would be good for all of us - it would worth now 
> help it's development w/ donation, as we (typo3 solution providers) can 
> get it back now or later from the end users (our clients).
For the commerce extension the collection of money has already started.

> Maybe the wiki page could be a start to see who exactly works on what in 
> tt_product
For tt_product anyone can contact me and tell me when he wants his 
changements in the code to come into the next version. Contact Volker 
Graubaum for the commerce extension.

> Eg if i knew devTypoMaster develops featureX or areaY in 
> ext_commerce, i could write a mail to the Ml, hey guys, my client needs 
> featureX so i could donate some cash for developing it to devTypoMaster, 
> who else interested in it?
> 
> What do you think about the above guys?
It would be good, if the TYPO3 organisation could collect the money for 
the development. But usually it would be enough just to bring together 
the customer and the developer of his choice. They have to arrange 
themselves for features and payment issues.


Franz Holzinger