2020-07-20 09-11-10 PDT Nathan Lee Hi, are you interested delving into the code or simply to sponsor a fix? If sponsoring, I can ask around about the proper procedures for sponsoring bugs (I've seen a couple people post on the mailing lists). I can also show you around the code base, but I'm not available for sponsored fixes. 2020-07-20 10-30-37 PDT Nathan Lee Glad to hear you're interested in pushing to improve Inkscape! I've brought the issue up in #team_devel . I'm not sure if you already know this, but Martin (doctormo) has said that there's no issue with hiring contractors, but no one can be officially sanctioned by Inkscape.
He also noted that it helps if the contractor is in the same country.
You can read this in https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_devel?msg=yeMp3jiKDAeJBqWJT (and join in too). () 2020-07-20 20-01-35 PDT Nathan Lee Yes, I know Martin and Marc both offer this and Jabier has a lot of experience in LPEs at this moment. Of course, I don't know whether they are interested in this particular issue.
Note, if hiring, you would want someone with some understanding of the math behind pattern along path (geometry). The fix may involve a rewrite or even a different algorithm.
You might also try services bountysource (https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/459306-inkscape), but I have no knowledge about it asides from a couple of mentions in the user chat (as you can see, bounties have been left open for several years though).
Good luck! 2020-07-20 08-55-44 PDT rr Hi, I'm interestted in fixing issue #1187 (unexpected discontinuity/unevenness with Shape: From clipboard (Pattern along Path)). Can you help me with this? Is it possible to sponsor a bug fix? Regards, Reinhard 2020-07-20 12-19-26 PDT rr Okay, so it seems that I have to find a contractor. 2020-07-20 09-25-44 PDT rr Thx, for your reply! Unfortunately, I do not have any programming skills. So, I'm simply interested in sponsoring a fix. Please let me know if you have any further infos. Cheers