Re: [AD] Getting back up to speed and the role of the Dictator

[AJ <aj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

sounds like a good idea.
very good idea.





Evert Glebbeek wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Ive moved house a few weeks ago and I'm pretty much settled in nicely now. 
> That means I'll hopefully be getting back to doing some Allegro-related 
> things soon.
>
> However, I would like to make a proposal regarding the role of the 
> Dictator.
> Roman Dictators were typically appointed for a specific task: defeat some 
> enemy or conquer some country. Likewise, I would like to propose 
> appointing a Dictator for a specific task. In particular, I would like to 
> appoint a Dictator to set the timeframe and manage the logistics of a 
> 4.3.0 release. I'll handle 4.2.1.
>
> The 4.3 Dictator would have to get a checklist of things that should be in 
> 4.3, draft a timeframe and motivate people (and himself) to contribute. 
> The latter will be by far the hardest part, as we're all pressed for time.
>
> I hope that this will make it a bit easier and less time consuming to be 
> Dictator, because the `job' is only for the forseable future or with a 
> specific goal in mind.
>
> Thoughts? Candidates?
> Peter Wang and Elias Pschernig are the first names that leap to my mind.
>
> Evert
>
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