Re: [bugzilla] donate to sponsoring bug

[Francois Gouget]

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Tom Wickline wrote:
[...]
> But the problem is if say I donate $50.00 who's to say the bug I 
> donate to will be resolved any time soon? Paypal only allows refunds 
> up to 60 days, so how would you go about a refund if the bug wasn't 
> fixed in say a year or more?

The solution to this problem is 'pledges'. So when the bug is closed, 
those who pledged to give money are notified and can then decide for 
themselves whether to send the money or not.

Sure it means they may go back on their word, from some outsider's point 
of view, but at least they cannot complain, and Wine not getting the 
money would pretty much be business as usual anyway (unless reneged 
pledges detract from regular WPF donations).