On Wednesday, 5 September 2018 at 07:00:49 UTC, Joakim wrote:
The D foundation is planning to add a way for us to pay for
changes we'd like to see in D and its ecosystem, rather than
having to code everything we need ourselves or find and hire a
D dev to do it:
$50 - Parallelize the compiler, particularly ldc, so that I can
pass it -j5 and have it use five cores _and_ not have the bloat
of separate compiler invocation for each module/package, ie
taking up more memory or time.
$30 - Implement H.S. Teoh's suggestion of having an automated
build system to periodically check which dub packages are
building with official compiler releases:
https://forum.dlang.org/post/mailman.3611.1536126324.29801.digitalmar...@puremagic.com
$25 - Enable GC for the DMD frontend, so that dmd/gdc/ldc use
less memory
I would also stake smaller amounts on various smaller bugs, if
there were a better interface than bountysource and people were
actually using it, ie users knew about and were staking money
and D core devs were fixing those bugs and claiming that money.
2. Would you be okay with the patches you fund not being
open-sourced for a limited time, with the time limit or funding
threshold for open source release specified ahead of time, to
ensure that funding targets are hit?
Yes, as long as everything is open-sourced eventually, I'm good.
The list of issues i have with D will probably bankrupt me.
But i will put my money where my mouth is:
** 750$ **
For a build in working high performance documented http server (
with all the basic necessities needed for web development ). Not
just vibe.d as some module that breaks every time somebody
sneezes!
It needs to be simple as:
import core.http;
import core.http.mysql;
import core.http.postgresql;
...
And with a time limit of 3 months. Because i know how D works,
its no use to have bounties when they idle for years. And that is
also the time limit i have for the start of a new project.
Its the only way to get a reliably http server with database
access in my opinion. Because any issues are forced to be fixed
on every DMD release! And its just idiotic that D does not have a
build in HTTP server. This is a massive selling point for several
of the competing languages.
And if i like what i see, there can be more on the table as i am
creating my company next month. Hooray for tax deductibles.
And yes, i know 750$ is **way** too cheap, but that is what i am
comfortable putting on the table for now with the history of D.
So think of this putting my butt on the line. If D can start to
show the correct type of progress in the next months ( user
friendliness, bug fixes, no more specialized enhancements, string
fixes, API stability work, ...), i am even willing to hire some
people in N-Spain for D development and they can help also help
out with D its progress.
I must be a idiot to put my money on D with its issues *sigh*...
So the next guy that dares to say "put up money or shut up", here
it is.
