There's a problem in the D economic system

[Chris]

On Wednesday, 24 July 2019 at 10:49:24 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Wednesday, 24 July 2019 at 10:34:57 UTC, Chris wrote:
>
>>
>> And knowing all this, it never occurred to anyone to set up a 
>> sound and transparent payment system? It wasn't until a 
>> company approached you that you figured out that it might be a 
>> good idea?
>
> I don't know what you're going on about. The D Foundation has 
> been paying people through multiple methods for a while now, 
> using whatever transfer system charges the smallest amount of 
> fees in the recipient's country. We don't need a bounty system 
> to pay people. The bounty system is just to track how much 
> money is associated with a specific issue.
>
> Again, no one was taking advantage of the old system. Click on 
> that bounty source link earlier in the thread and see how old 
> many of those issues are. When fundraising options first fell 
> on my plate, I didn't consider a new bounty system a priority 
> because the old one never met its potential and there was never 
> a clamour from the community for a new one. But if a company is 
> willing to throw money at bugzilla issues, of course we're 
> going to facilitate it. And rather than limit it to just that 
> company, we're setting up a new system to let everyone 
> participate.
>
> If you think I screwed up by not starting a bounty system 
> sooner, that's fine. But at least get your criticism on target.

First, I don't think you "screwed up" personally. It's a 
structural issue within the DLF. Someone sets up a bounty system 
that is not used, because people don't really know about it. I 
couldn't find a prominent link to it on dlang.org. Is there one? 
If yes, my bad that I didn't spot it. But then again, only 
because a thing is badly implemented that doesn't mean it's a bad 
idea as such. And apparently the DLF didn't care much either. 
Second, I didn't talk about a bounty system specifically but 
about a standardized transparent system that handles all 
transactions, so you can transfer money for bug fixes etc. with a 
mouse click and your a**e is covered at the same time. Third, I 
think it's not easy for you, because I believe that a lot of 
stuff is just dumped on you by the DLF.