$750 Bounty: Issue 16416 - Phobos std.uni out of date (should be updated to latest Unicode standard)

[rikki cattermole]

On 05/05/2020 9:05 PM, Robert M. Münch wrote:
> On 2020-05-04 21:34:27 +0000, rikki cattermole said:
> 
>> On 05/05/2020 7:26 AM, notna wrote:
>>> Maybe you want to add an additional constraint... It would be great 
>>> if this would result in a tool, scripts or at least a 
>>> simple-to-follow to-do (say Wiki?!)... so best case we could use this 
>>> also for the next updates / releases in the future?!
>>
>> The reason we can't just grab a newer copy of the unicode database and 
>> throw it into Phobos is because the format was changed.
> 
> Sure, nevertheless, I think it makes sense to have the reproducibility 
> of the process in mind. Maybe not with a script that lasts for 10 years. 
> But the process, some tools for a specific version, which can be used as 
> inspiration for upcoming changes.

Strange, I thought they were in the repo.

Okay after looking through his fork of Phobos to see if its lying around 
somewhere, it looks like we need to hear from Dmitry Olshansky.