A few questions

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 6/19/20 9:44 AM, Chris wrote:
> On Thursday, 11 June 2020 at 14:04:47 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> I have a few questions I hope somebody from the D Language Foundation 
>> can answer. Here they are:
>>
>> 1. The website dlang.org states the following 
>> (https://dlang.org/foundation/about.html)
>>
>> The officers of the D Language Foundation are:
>>     • Walter Bright, President
>>     • Tudor Andrei Cristian Alexandrescu, Vice President and Treasurer
>>     • Ali Çehreli, Secretary
>>
>> Is this information still accurate? Wasn’t Attila Neves to hold one of 
>> the positions above?
>>
>> 2. Is there an overview or an annual financial report where donators 
>> and contributors can see what the money is used for?
>>
>> 3. Has the page https://dlang.org/orgs-using-d.html been updated, i.e. 
>> are there any newcomers or are there any companies that are still 
>> listed but have actually stopped using D?
>>
>> 4. Are there plans for D3, i.e. a version of D that will get rid of 
>> old baggage and keep the great features, and will also come with state 
>> of the art tooling?
>>
>> Thank you very much!
> 
> No answer from the D Language Foundation? Walter, Andrei, Ali, Atila 
> (?), Mike Parker (?)?

Thanks for asking. These are reasonable questions to ask; however, your 
posting history has caused us concern that this is a provocation. Once 
we reply in any way, the answer can be used to pick a fight (I don't 
agree with this policy, I demand more information on that etc), all 
framed as an exchange that we must engage in lest we have shady things 
to hide. We don't. Also we can't commit to hanging out on the forums and 
satisfactorily engage with anyone with an Internet connection and a zest 
for stirring stuff up.

That said, even a provocation may embed good ideas. Some of our 
documentation is publicly accessible by law. Of course more details are 
better for our existing and prospective donors. We have long looked into 
providing detailed reports on the use of financing (we also did some in 
the past vision documents), the main difficulty being finding the time 
to compile the information. Mike is working on that. The answers to 1, 
2, and 4 are as expected - no change, updated as per our knowledge, and no.