Spurring development (was Re: D : Not for me anymore)

[Bill Baxter]

Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
> 
>> Mike Parker wrote:
>>> Sean Kelly wrote:
>>>> Mike Parker wrote:
>>>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>>> I've thought about cash prizes and contests. I just had the nagging
>>>>>> feeling that the result would be a circus rather than serious
>>>>>> development.
>>>>> What about bounties?
>> Getting some Google summer-of-coders might be good too.
>> Where there any proposals for D this last time around?
>>
>> --bb
> 
> afaik, only formally organized projects may apply, although it is somewhat
> unclear to me what constitutes formal in this respect.
> 

I'm pretty sure D is formally organized enough to count.
There may be some application process to qualify as a mentor, though.


--bb