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On Wednesday 25 May 2005 16:19, Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz wrote:
> Attached proposed documentation update.
+At the moment of writing this, Evert Glebbeek is the Allegro Dictator.
Heh... I actually agreed to this?
Not that I mind, I figure it sounds more impressive than it really is. I do
think some explanation of the original intented and meaning of the
position of `Dictator' can be beneficial. Something along the following
lines:
``In republican Rome, political power was with the Senate and the Consuls.
However, if it was nescessary that decisions were made very quickly then
the senate could appoint a Dictator. The Dictator was appointed for a
specified duration or charged with a specific task, after which he was
expected to surrender his authority back to the Senate.''
Looks good anyway, with the comments already made by others. I do think it
would be fair to somehow highlight past Allegro Dictators in some way. I
think Eric deserves a great deal of credit for his work over the past few
years. I'm not sure who and if there was a dictator between Shawn leaving
and Eric stepping in as I didn't follow the development too closely back
then. Was Peter a Dictator, or was he the one who would have been it if
Eric hadn't?
On Wednesday 25 May 2005 17:05, Chris La Mantia wrote:
> Rather than removing Shawn, should this perhaps become:
>
> -By Shawn Hargreaves and the Allegro development team.
I like this idea.
Evert