[Lazarus] Crowdfunding to speed up the development of pas2js in Lazarus Widgetset and fpDebug to FPC

[Juha Manninen]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 1:19 AM Michael Van Canneyt via lazarus
<lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
> Of course it is, it's even in the menu.
> https://foundation.freepascal.org/projects/pastojs

Yes, sorry. Somehow I missed it.


> I have not seen such a request. At least, I have no recollection of it.

Maybe it was only me asking it in some e-mail long time ago. Not sure.


> And both the chairman and me have added - out of our own pockets - to this
> a multiple of the amounts donated, otherwise pas2js would never have been
> realized.

Yes, I remember and I appreciate it.


> Your accusation of a black hole is therefor
> a) wholly ungrounded. Ask, and you will get answers.
> c) a sign you do not trust us.
>    Given that you can profit from the results at no cost, this is strange.
>
> Or maybe you simply want to be at the steering wheel yourself ?

I understand I should work to improve the issues myself instead of only writing.
Still, the point here is that some crowdfunding sites are very
attractive because they show all relevant information openly.
They show how much more money is needed for a certain project to
happen. I have wondered how they can collect so much money even for
gadgets that are in an early planning stage.

My black hole theory was not accurate, sorry about that.
I believe you give all information when asked, but it is not obvious
by looking at the web page.
I really think all relevant data should be there, presented in an
attractive way to "sell" the sub-projects.
It would include Donate-buttons for each sub-project separately and
other material to praise and advertise them.

Regards,
Juha