Re: [AD] Organizing an Allegro Hack Day

[Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just been reading through the chat log on the wiki while my main  
machine is updating X11. Looks like it was a useful session with a  
lot of ground covered, well done! :) I'll go through the BITMAP/ 
DISPLAY stuff again to see if I have anything to contribute to that  
discussion, but it looks like points I would have liked to raise were  
raised.

One thing I want to comment on is my preference for sticking with  
autotools: they're standard installs and at least one of the systems  
I use (used) for testing didn't have anything more fancy installed.  
Switching to a different build system would make it harder to install  
Allegro on such a system. No, I can't become root on said system to  
install new software. Yes, I can install it locally, no I'm not going  
to bother. ;)

Between me and Peter having little time to do more than urge anyone  
on, does it seem that we need a new Dictator? When I "took over" (I  
don't actually feel that I did, all I tried to do was make a point to  
everyone posting forum messages on what should be done and how  
without actually contributing anything themselves) a new impulse to  
implement things drew in some more dormant and new developers,  
something similar might happen now if someone else can push the cart  
for a bit. ;)

Do we plan to make meetings like this regular (or semi-regular)? I'll  
try to make it next time.

Evert