From:	"Chris A. Triebel" <cat AT sun4 DOT iol DOT unh DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Future of Allegro (?)
Date:	Thu, 14 Nov 1996 08:27:49 -0500
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On 14 Nov 1996, Rubicant wrote:

> Date: 14 NOV 1996 05:26:56 GMT 
> From: Rubicant <gt4558a AT acmex DOT gatech DOT edu>
> Newgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Subject: Future of Allegro (?) 
> 
> I haven't seen Shawn post for a while, and I haven't heard from him
> either.  I have a few questions about Allegro:
> 
> 1)  We can't really "pay" Shawn for his efforts (hard to swap anything to
> someone we can't locate)
> 
> 2)  More importantly, Allegro is basically stuck where it is.  Mind you,
> it's got ALOT of functionality and great features as it is, but for it to
> remain as is is a shame.  What do the rest of you think of someone
> temporarily taking over the maintanance of Allegro till we hear from Shawn
> again?  I can't do it personally (Shawn was a much better coder than I
> currently am), but I do think it would be beneficial - Allegro is quite
> popular and useful.  Would anyone be interested in making unofficial
> Allegro releases?  Do any of you think that Shawn would mind?  (I'm
> guessing not)
> 
> --
> 						-- Rubicant --

I won't speak for Shawn, especially since I never met him, don't know 
him, never even seen him post.  I started using Allegro after he went on 
sabatical, but if anyone else is interested I would like to see a small 
group of people start a support and development alliance out on the web.  
It doesn't have to be anything serious, just a place where a bunch of 
people cluster together and try to solve problems that are posted here, 
create new tools/utilities/drivers etc.  Develop releases that improve on 
the work that Shawn started.  Add features to the system.

I am not as good a coder as Shawn either, but have some ideas that might 
enhance the system.  New widgets and functions, an improvement on the 
grabber program to make it easier to use or better.  Improve some of the 
documentation that may be unclear ( as little as that is ).  Maybe even 
put together a group of games and apps submitted by others so that 
everyone can see.


cat

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