Re: D fund

2015-08-14 Thread Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d
On 08/10/2015 01:00 PM, Tofu Ninja wrote: On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 16:58:15 UTC, vladde wrote: Will the swag feature http://dlangcomicstrips.tumblr.com/ ? Lol Wtf who makes those? They are hilarious! I love the AliasSeq one!

Re: D fund

2015-08-12 Thread Tofu Ninja via Digitalmars-d
On Thursday, 13 August 2015 at 00:22:05 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: On Wednesday, 12 August 2015 at 18:19:48 UTC, Bruno Medeiros wrote: Actually, it seems BountySource is experimenting with a monthly payment model: https://salt.bountysource.com/ Invite only at the moment, but I think you can submi

Re: D fund

2015-08-12 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 12 August 2015 at 18:19:48 UTC, Bruno Medeiros wrote: Actually, it seems BountySource is experimenting with a monthly payment model: https://salt.bountysource.com/ Invite only at the moment, but I think you can submit request if you are the project leader. Interesting, they seem

Re: D fund

2015-08-12 Thread Bruno Medeiros via Digitalmars-d
On 09/08/2015 14:22, ref2401 wrote: I don't have much experience and time to contribute to code-base directly. But I'd like to donate some money every month. I think (hope) there are several guys who would like to donate to. There must be the way to do it. Actually, it seems BountySource is exp

Re: D fund

2015-08-12 Thread Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d
On 2015-08-10 22:28, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Straight development plus minding releases, organizing DConf, website, media, PR, and more. -- Andrei I suggest that the foundation also owns all infrastructure, accounts and similar as much as possible. This is to avoid that a single person has

Re: D fund

2015-08-11 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
On 12/08/2015 4:18 a.m., Tofu Ninja wrote: On Tuesday, 11 August 2015 at 14:26:45 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote: On 08/10/2015 01:10 PM, Tofu Ninja wrote: Would be great if D could have full time paid devs working on it. Totally. That would be a dream job @_@ I know right, where can I apply?

Re: D fund

2015-08-11 Thread Tofu Ninja via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, 11 August 2015 at 14:26:45 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote: On 08/10/2015 01:10 PM, Tofu Ninja wrote: Would be great if D could have full time paid devs working on it. Totally. That would be a dream job @_@ I know right, where can I apply?

Re: D fund

2015-08-11 Thread Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d
On 08/10/2015 01:10 PM, Tofu Ninja wrote: Would be great if D could have full time paid devs working on it. Totally. That would be a dream job @_@

Re: D fund

2015-08-11 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
On 11/08/2015 4:58 a.m., vladde wrote: On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 01:34:24 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 8/9/2015 6:52 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: There will be a possibility with the D Language Foundation, hopefully by the end of this year. -- Andrei Looking forward to it. We can also us

Re: D fund

2015-08-11 Thread ketmar via Digitalmars-d
On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 16:58:13 +, vladde wrote: > Will the swag feature http://dlangcomicstrips.tumblr.com/ ? you told them about our little secret! how dare you?!. p.s. no, i'm not the author. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: D fund

2015-08-10 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
On 11/08/2015 11:55 a.m., Adam D. Ruppe wrote: Something I've been pondering for some time that could materialize a lot faster than the D foundation would be something like a kickstarter for me personally. If I could raise about $15,000 in the short term - a large sum of money, I admit - I could

Re: D fund

2015-08-10 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
On 8/10/2015 9:58 AM, vladde wrote: Will the swag feature http://dlangcomicstrips.tumblr.com/ ? Why didn't I know about that? Pretty dazz! (Who drew them? Keep 'em coming!)

Re: D fund

2015-08-10 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
On 8/10/2015 6:44 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote: Are you one of those guys who wears a Star Trek t-shirt to a Star Wars convention (or vice versa)? ;) If Luke and Kirk would only put aside their differences.

Re: D fund

2015-08-10 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
Something I've been pondering for some time that could materialize a lot faster than the D foundation would be something like a kickstarter for me personally. If I could raise about $15,000 in the short term - a large sum of money, I admit - I could take a three month break from my day job an

Re: D fund

2015-08-10 Thread jmh530 via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 20:28:10 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Straight development plus minding releases, organizing DConf, website, media, PR, and more. -- Andrei May I suggest copying some of what Boost does on their donate page (monthly recurring donations, esp.). I also like pypy

Re: D fund

2015-08-10 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
On 8/10/15 1:10 PM, Tofu Ninja wrote: On Sunday, 9 August 2015 at 13:52:17 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 8/9/15 5:15 AM, ref2401 wrote: Does the fund exist? Are there sponsors? How can one donate some money to D? There will be a possibility with the D Language Foundation, hopefully by th

Re: D fund

2015-08-10 Thread H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 05:00:38PM +, Tofu Ninja via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 16:58:15 UTC, vladde wrote: > >On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 01:34:24 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: > >>On 8/9/2015 6:52 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > >>>There will be a possibility with the D

Re: D fund

2015-08-10 Thread Tofu Ninja via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 9 August 2015 at 13:52:17 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 8/9/15 5:15 AM, ref2401 wrote: Does the fund exist? Are there sponsors? How can one donate some money to D? There will be a possibility with the D Language Foundation, hopefully by the end of this year. -- Andrei What e

Re: D fund

2015-08-10 Thread Tofu Ninja via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 16:58:15 UTC, vladde wrote: On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 01:34:24 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 8/9/2015 6:52 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: There will be a possibility with the D Language Foundation, hopefully by the end of this year. -- Andrei Looking forward to

Re: D fund

2015-08-10 Thread vladde via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 01:34:24 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 8/9/2015 6:52 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: There will be a possibility with the D Language Foundation, hopefully by the end of this year. -- Andrei Looking forward to it. We can also use the foundation to sell some D swag s

Re: D fund

2015-08-10 Thread Nicholas Wilson via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 13:44:17 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 01:34:24 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 8/9/2015 6:52 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: There will be a possibility with the D Language Foundation, hopefully by the end of this year. -- Andrei Looking

Re: D fund

2015-08-10 Thread Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 01:34:24 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 8/9/2015 6:52 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: There will be a possibility with the D Language Foundation, hopefully by the end of this year. -- Andrei Looking forward to it. We can also use the foundation to sell some D swag s

Re: D fund

2015-08-09 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
On 8/9/2015 6:52 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: There will be a possibility with the D Language Foundation, hopefully by the end of this year. -- Andrei Looking forward to it. We can also use the foundation to sell some D swag so that people will get something for their donation. After all, no

Re: D fund

2015-08-09 Thread Etienne Cimon via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 9 August 2015 at 09:15:16 UTC, ref2401 wrote: Does the fund exist? Are there sponsors? How can one donate some money to D? Ask a D developer you appreciate (in private) to give you his paypal/email, and pay him directly like he's a musician on the side of the road. He will be motiv

Re: D fund

2015-08-09 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
On 8/9/15 5:15 AM, ref2401 wrote: Does the fund exist? Are there sponsors? How can one donate some money to D? There will be a possibility with the D Language Foundation, hopefully by the end of this year. -- Andrei

Re: D fund

2015-08-09 Thread Dmitry Olshansky via Digitalmars-d
On 09-Aug-2015 16:22, ref2401 wrote: I don't have much experience and time to contribute to code-base directly. But I'd like to donate some money every month. I think (hope) there are several guys who would like to donate to. There must be the way to do it. Other options involve hiring somebody

Re: D fund

2015-08-09 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
On 10/08/2015 1:22 a.m., ref2401 wrote: I don't have much experience and time to contribute to code-base directly. But I'd like to donate some money every month. I think (hope) there are several guys who would like to donate to. There must be the way to do it. Perhaps, what we should do is a do

Re: D fund

2015-08-09 Thread ref2401 via Digitalmars-d
I don't have much experience and time to contribute to code-base directly. But I'd like to donate some money every month. I think (hope) there are several guys who would like to donate to. There must be the way to do it.

Re: D fund

2015-08-09 Thread Dicebot via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 9 August 2015 at 12:52:24 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: On Sunday, 9 August 2015 at 09:37:41 UTC, Joakim wrote: We do something even better, you can place bounties on specific issues that you're willing to pay for: The bounty thing is pretty useless to me. The amounts don't even cover

Re: D fund

2015-08-09 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 9 August 2015 at 09:37:41 UTC, Joakim wrote: We do something even better, you can place bounties on specific issues that you're willing to pay for: The bounty thing is pretty useless to me. The amounts don't even cover the administrative overhead (working through all the hassle to

Re: D fund

2015-08-09 Thread tired_eyes via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 9 August 2015 at 09:37:41 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Sunday, 9 August 2015 at 09:15:16 UTC, ref2401 wrote: Does the fund exist? Are there sponsors? How can one donate some money to D? We do something even better, you can place bounties on specific issues that you're willing to pay for:

Re: D fund

2015-08-09 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 9 August 2015 at 09:15:16 UTC, ref2401 wrote: Does the fund exist? Are there sponsors? How can one donate some money to D? We do something even better, you can place bounties on specific issues that you're willing to pay for: https://www.bountysource.com/teams/d If the issue you'

Re: D fund

2015-08-09 Thread Manu via Digitalmars-d
Andrei has been working on a D foundation. I'm not sure where it's at. On 9 August 2015 at 19:15, ref2401 via Digitalmars-d wrote: > Does the fund exist? > Are there sponsors? > How can one donate some money to D?

D fund

2015-08-09 Thread ref2401 via Digitalmars-d
Does the fund exist? Are there sponsors? How can one donate some money to D?