On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 13:30:34 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:
> On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 13:07:23 UTC, Joakim Brännström wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 10:16:11 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:
>>> This campaign will end in 43 day, so the question after app. 50% is, what next?
>>> Will we start collecting for something else or should we first try to extend the job of our pull request manager?
>>
>> Thanks Martin for the reminder. From my observations of the activities on github it seems like Nicholas Wilson is doing an excellent job :-)
>>
>> Regards, Joakim B.
>
> Thank you! So here an update of the update:
> $2,464 Raised of $3,000 Goal by 46 Supporters
>
> => We only need another 10 Supporters giving an average of $54. :-)

For me the credit card payment method fails without saying what's wrong. Is there another method to pay, like a IBAN that a transfer could be made to?

On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 11:11:31 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:
> On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 10:16:11 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:
>>
>> I would love to have a campaign to increase compilation speed for std.regex and std.format...
>
> You could defer the generation of utf-tables to runtime, which should yield some improvement. But I'll measure the reasons for slowness again and post em.

We should just generate them in a helper program in the Phobos makefile.

Yeah, it is kinda embarrassing that we are using a C technique instead of D CTFE. But whatever, it is less embarrassing than these awful compile times in user code.

On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 14:28:55 UTC, Vijay Nayar wrote:
> On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 13:30:34 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 13:07:23 UTC, Joakim Brännström wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 10:16:11 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Thanks Martin for the reminder. From my observations of the activities on github it seems like Nicholas Wilson is doing an excellent job :-)
>>>
>>> Regards, Joakim B.
>>
>> Thank you! So here an update of the update:
>> $2,464 Raised of $3,000 Goal by 46 Supporters
>>
>> => We only need another 10 Supporters giving an average of $54. :-)
>
> For me the credit card payment method fails without saying what's wrong. Is there another method to pay, like a IBAN that a transfer could be made to?
This is a pity, you may donate to the foundation via paypal but you will have to say what the money is for separately. https://dlang.org/foundation/donate.html

On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 11:11:31 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:
> On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 10:16:11 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:
>>
>> I would love to have a campaign to increase compilation speed for std.regex and std.format...
>
> You could defer the generation of utf-tables to runtime, which should yield some improvement. But I'll measure the reasons for slowness again and post em.

What do you mean by "you" :-) is it related to this?

New LDC feature: dynamic compilation
https://forum.dlang.org/thread/bskpxhrqyfkvaqzoospx@forum.dlang.org

On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 15:17:36 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:
> On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 11:11:31 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 10:16:11 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:
>>>
>>> I would love to have a campaign to increase compilation speed for std.regex and std.format...
>>
>> You could defer the generation of utf-tables to runtime, which should yield some improvement. But I'll measure the reasons for slowness again and post em.
>
> What do you mean by "you" :-) is it related to this?
>
> New LDC feature: dynamic compilation
> https://forum.dlang.org/thread/bskpxhrqyfkvaqzoospx@forum.dlang.org

No you'd have to change the Moduls. You means someone tackling
the compilespeed issues oft std.Format/std.uni.

On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 13:30:34 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:
[...]
> Thank you! So here an update of the update:
> $2,464 Raised of $3,000 Goal by 46 Supporters
>
> => We only need another 10 Supporters giving an average of $54.
Sorry readers, but the numbers are wrong again....The missing amount just has dropped to $511 :-)

On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 14:53:02 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:
> On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 14:28:55 UTC, Vijay Nayar wrote:

>> For me the credit card payment method fails without saying what's wrong. Is there another method to pay, like a IBAN that a transfer could be made to?
> This is a pity, you may donate to the foundation via paypal but you will have to say what the money is for separately. https://dlang.org/foundation/donate.html

Thanks, Vijay, for the donation, and Martin for helping him out. I've edited the campaign to include the donated amount.

I've added the new donation to the campaign status to reflect that we now have 49 donors who have donated $2,789. Almost there!

On Saturday, 10 November 2018 at 16:09:12 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
[...]
> Please read the blog post for more details:
>
> https://dlang.org/blog/2018/11/10/the-new-fundraising-campaign/

https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/NDUwNTY=

$3,014 Raised of $3,000 Goal

41 days left

51 Supporters

Cool, what a wonderful start to the year 2019!
A big thank you to all pushing the development of D with money and time!
What next Mike?

On Friday, 4 January 2019 at 10:30:07 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:

> What next Mike?

I'll let you know soon.

On Friday, 4 January 2019 at 10:30:07 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:
> On Saturday, 10 November 2018 at 16:09:12 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> [...]
>> Please read the blog post for more details:
>>
>> https://dlang.org/blog/2018/11/10/the-new-fundraising-campaign/
>
> https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/NDUwNTY=
>
> $3,014 Raised of $3,000 Goal
>
> 41 days left
>
> 51 Supporters
>
> Cool, what a wonderful start to the year 2019!
> A big thank you to all pushing the development of D with money and time!
> What next Mike?

Awesome; funding goal reached in a little less than 2 months. I didn't even get around to donating yet, so maybe I'll save it for the next one instead.

On a related note, D really needs a merch shop. I don't think I'm the only one that wants a shirt or mug with (a|the) D logo on it, or Dman. There's an entire industry that's popped up to make paraphernalia sales far easier in the wake of Youtube/Deviantart/etc. which is geared toward community-based projects similar to D.