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[Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 24 June 2017 at 12:11:29 UTC, Wulfklaue wrote:
> I never considered that D has a bountysource account. Its way, 
> waaaay at the bottom of the monthly listing page. It did not 
> even show up until 3 days ago.

It was somewhat active for a while a couple years ago, but I 
found it to be simply offensive and a demotivator. They 
(including a large corporation that you've heard of having 
gigabucks) attached $50 bounties to bugs that would take several 
days of work to fix... then, of course, you have to go though the 
review process which has an indeterminate wait and frequently 
shifts goalposts.

If any other client treated me like that, I'd walk away and never 
look back. (Heck, if any other client offered me what amounted to 
maybe $5 / hour, I'm not even sure that I'd waste my time 
actually telling them no - I might just ignore their emails as 
being a bad joke.)


Bountysource has changed since then, and now has the salt 
program, but I think I'm not the only one who found it 
counterproductive in its early iteration and finds the brand 
damaged. If we wanted to revive it, it'd have to be clearly done 
differently than it was before.



> Electronic wire transfer or bank check *bwahaaha*. What are we: 
> 1980?

That's the way big donors actually prefer do business. Avoids 
having x% of their donation go to some for-profit middleman, and 
is easier accounting with the IRS. (D, being a legally 
incorporated not-for-profit organization, is required by US law 
to keep track of its financial information and publish an open 
report each year. Also, individuals and businesses donating to it 
can list that as a tax-deductible expense on their own annual 
returns - provided they have the necessary documentation.)


> There is no focus on raising funds. I talked about D Foundation 
> being obscure but this blow my mind.

Perhaps we need a new director of development!