On 10/06/2014 06:02 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Some more couple thousands would buy us things like a web designer.
Well we had some people working on a new website (http://w0rp.com:8010/)
and if someone had collaborated with them to advance and integrate the
work we would have a new websi
On Tuesday, 7 October 2014 at 01:11:42 UTC, Shammah Chancellor
wrote:
On 2014-10-06 22:28:52 +, Andrei Alexandrescu said:
On 10/6/14, 12:59 PM, Shammah Chancellor wrote:
I'm willing to put in the work if Walter is on board also. I
don't want
to do all that work to end up being a DPL Found
On 2014-10-06 22:28:52 +, Andrei Alexandrescu said:
On 10/6/14, 12:59 PM, Shammah Chancellor wrote:
I'm willing to put in the work if Walter is on board also. I don't want
to do all that work to end up being a DPL Foundation in name only.
That's very generous of you, thanks! We'll discus
On 10/6/14, 12:59 PM, Shammah Chancellor wrote:
I'm willing to put in the work if Walter is on board also. I don't want
to do all that work to end up being a DPL Foundation in name only.
That's very generous of you, thanks! We'll discuss this. From what I
read at http://lwn.net/Articles/56133
On 2014-10-06 04:09:26 +, Andrei Alexandrescu said:
On 10/5/14, 7:28 PM, Shammah Chancellor wrote:
There are many languages which have grown more quickly than D (despite
being less interesting) because they have a foundation where people can
donate, or some company, which provides for the c
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On 06/10/14 12:19, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d wrote:
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> By "foundation", do you mean "non-profit organization"? Would it
> be any simpler as far as you are concerned to set up an
> organization without initially worrying about its no
On 10/6/14, 4:19 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
On Monday, 6 October 2014 at 04:09:11 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
I believe a foundation would help D. Unfortunately, setting one up is
very laborious, and neither Walter nor I know anything about that -
from what I understand it takes a _l
On Monday, 6 October 2014 at 04:09:11 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
I believe a foundation would help D. Unfortunately, setting one
up is very laborious, and neither Walter nor I know anything
about that - from what I understand it takes a _lot_ of work.
By "foundation", do you mean "non-pro
On Monday, 6 October 2014 at 02:24:45 UTC, Shammah Chancellor
wrote:
On 2014-10-05 03:33:36 +, Walter Bright said:
We're not really limited by lack of funds, but more by lack of
focussed effort. If anyone wants to contribute funds, probably
the best use would be to add bug bounties for bug
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On 06/10/14 09:12, Edwin van Leeuwen via Digitalmars-d wrote:
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> An alternative is to join an umbrella organisation that has
> experience setting up foundations for open source projects. To name
> a couple: Software Freedom Conservancy (Boost), Soft
On Monday, 6 October 2014 at 04:09:11 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
I believe a foundation would help D. Unfortunately, setting one
up is very laborious, and neither Walter nor I know anything
about that - from what I understand it takes a _lot_ of work.
If anyone is able and willing to embar
On 6 Oct 2014 05:05, "Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d" <
digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/4/14, 8:33 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>
>>> Might it be time for a formation of a D Programming Language
>>> Foundation to which
>>> people can donate and funds some of the hosting, and poss
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On 06/10/14 03:28, Shammah Chancellor via Digitalmars-d wrote:
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> I've placed a couple of anonymous bounties, but I personally think
> it's a bad way to get directed focused effort. A democracy of
> people trying to get what they individually want
On 10/5/14, 7:28 PM, Shammah Chancellor wrote:
There are many languages which have grown more quickly than D (despite
being less interesting) because they have a foundation where people can
donate, or some company, which provides for the core developers. I'm
not saying that having a non-profit
On 10/4/14, 8:33 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
Might it be time for a formation of a D Programming Language
Foundation to which
people can donate and funds some of the hosting, and possibly pay for
some time
of the various heavy contributors?
We're not really limited by lack of funds,
whaaa
but
On 2014-10-05 03:33:36 +, Walter Bright said:
We're not really limited by lack of funds, but more by lack of focussed
effort. If anyone wants to contribute funds, probably the best use
would be to add bug bounties for bugzilla issues that they find to be
neglected. The bounties don't reall
On Sunday, 5 October 2014 at 18:06:49 UTC, Etienne wrote:
Programmers cost money, it would be nice to have a D Foundation
where companies can donate and maybe eventually use the funds
to pay for professional staffing rather than relying only on
contributors. The D foundation can eventually gr
On Sunday, 5 October 2014 at 20:45:06 UTC, Sean Kelly wrote:
On Sunday, 5 October 2014 at 18:06:49 UTC, Etienne wrote:
Programmers cost money, it would be nice to have a D
Foundation where companies can donate and maybe eventually use
the funds to pay for professional staffing rather than rel
On 2014-10-04 11:33 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
We're not really limited by lack of funds, but more by lack of focussed
effort. If anyone wants to contribute funds, probably the best use would
be to add bug bounties for bugzilla issues that they find to be
neglected. The bounties don't really compen
On 10/4/2014 5:18 PM, Shammah Chancellor wrote:
I've been a member of the D community for about 13 years now, and I'm impressed
with how much has happened over that period of time with the language and
community. However, I wonder who pays for all of this? I feel like a lot of
the infrastructur
I've been a member of the D community for about 13 years now, and I'm
impressed with how much has happened over that period of time with the
language and community. However, I wonder who pays for all of this?
I feel like a lot of the infrastructure is taken for granted, and
provided ad-hoc
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