import/export bounty

[Ian Turner]

Why is it that all the bounties seem to come from people named Ian?

Let me know if you get a response to this; I didn't get anything back from my 
proposed bounty earlier this year.

--Ian

On Monday 22 September 2008 10:48:34 Ian Smith-Heisters wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was recommended to post here regarding a feature I'd like to support
> the development of.
>
> There's two possible solutions:
>
> = Import invoice from CSV (fallback solution):
>
> * user generates a CSV with columns matching that of the new invoice view
> * open GnuCash, create a new invoice or open an existing one
> * click "import"
> * select CSV file
> * the invoice is populated with data from the CSV
>
> = Import/Export to/from any screen (preferred solution):
>
> * user generates a CSV with columns matching those of the desired target
> view * open GnuCash, navigate to the desired target view (eg. New Invoice)
> * click "import", select CSV file, the target view is populated with data
> from the CSV
> * click "export view as CSV"
> * enter a filename
> * a CSV file is created with data from the target view
>
> My main purpose is to import invoices from CSV. However, it'd be
> mighty useful to do this in some generic way, both in and out.
>
> I'm open to discussion on both features. I'm also open to suggestion
> on the quantity of the bounty. I'd prefer to pay per-hour with a fixed
> ceiling. If necessary, however, I can give fixed rate bounties on both
> approaches--I imagine the preferred approach would be more
> time-consuming and of more value to the community as a whole, so the
> bounty on it would be significantly higher than the other.
>
> I'm also uncertain how the project likes to handle bounties. I guess
> ideally I'd donate to the project as a whole and the project manager
> could get whomever is most qualified to implement the feature. OTOH, I
> can just pay a developer directly.
>
> Regards,
> Ian
> _______________________________________________
> gnucash-devel mailing list
> gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel