On Mon, 2018-10-22 at 16:23 +0000, Gregor Mückl via Digitalmars-d wrote: > […] > It's easy to go and proclaim a strategic goal such as this. What > actually matters is execution. And that requires some serious > developer time that someone (ideally a whole team) needs to > invest. I don't see this happening without some equally serious > financial backing.
Agreed. And sadly a common facet of the D situation: all words and no action – including from me. > I, for one, won't have any time to work on such a thing in the > foreseeable future. In principle I could, but only as part of a team. This is not a one person project. > Does anyone have experience with bounty programs? I envision one > where bounties get posted with an open pool for each one. That > is, if you agree that one task should be done, you can put > additional money into its pool and make that particular bounty > more attractive. It won't help attract professional developers > but it might nudge some hobbyists to earn some money while taking > on an interesting challenge. This might work for all the small > things around D that lots of D users don't like and want improved. I am not in a position to receive income, so I work for love or large payments to charities I nominate. Currently I am a bit overly obsessed with DVB and DAB+ using GStreamer, so mostly programming for love – and hence very fickle about doing stuff that requires commitment. The QtGStreamer has just been declared unmaintained :-( -- Russel. =========================================== Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk
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