Bug?: var estimates on exp scale for gaussian(link=log)

Gorjanc Gregor <Gregor.Gorjanc at ...> writes:

Hi!

I would like to fit log-normal fixed model with lmer. Fixed effects estimates
are returned on log scale, while variance components are returned on exp scale.
Why is this the case?

I would just like to add that I expected to get variance estimates on link (log)
scale as it is done for poisson (log link) or binomial (logit or probit link)
families.

Regards, Gregor