Is it time for a unicode update of std.uni?

[Mike Parker]

On Monday, 4 May 2020 at 16:33:10 UTC, Robert M. Münch wrote:
> On 2020-05-04 09:52:29 +0000, Mike Parker said:

>
> Digging further into this bounty-system I find the process 
> upside down.
>
> While creating a bounty I need to provide my payment 
> information, so I expect that I'm immediately charged for the 
> bounty. But I don't know if anyone will do the bounty at all.
>
> To attract someone I have to guess an amount. Maybe I offer to 
> less, and someone would say "for +$100 I would do it" but I'll 
> never know. The money then is gone on my side and blocked at 
> the foundation because it's "task bounded". So cash gone, 
> effect zero. Tha'ts not a good setup.

BountySource works the same way -- you put the money upfront and 
wait for someone to do the job. In our case, the difference is 
that the money is a tax-deductible donation to the D Language 
Foundation that is earmarked for a specific task.

Prior to the establishment of our bounty system, the best you 
could do was leave a note on the donation form and hope the 
Foundation agreed and could find someone to do the task. Now, we 
have a way to:

a) ensure the donation is earmarked for a specific task
b) make it public so everyone can see how that money is being 
earmarked
c) allow anyone else interested in the same task to increase the 
bounty automatically through the donation form to sweeten the pot
d) allow anyone interested in working on D tasks to find ways to 
make a few bucks

No, the bounty may not get claimed for a long while, but the 
money will not be used for anything else in the meantime. And 
occasional posts on the blog will remind folks that the bounties 
are there and inform them when new ones have been seeded.

The system isn't set up to facilitate linking financiers with 
workers. Its focus is on establishing a means to direct how the D 
Language Foundation directs some of the funds it receives when 
you want your donation go to a specific task rather than to, 
e.g., funding a scholarship or paying for work you aren't 
interested in.