Re: GOP2-2b - Stable 2.16.x releases (dictator)

[David Kastrup]

Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Graham Percival
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> http://lilypond.org/~graham/gop/gop_3.html
>>
>> *** Summary
>>
>> Let’s appoint David Kastrup as the “benevolent dictator” of the
>> stable/2.16 git branch.
>
> umm, shall i declare my support once again? ;)
> For the archive's sake: that's a +1!

I am not sure I'll be overly convincing on the benevolence angle, but
let's not harp on it.  If you take a look at the historical definition
<URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dictator>, you'll see that the
original concept was to appoint someone with absolute and uncontested
powers for the duration needed to get a job done efficiently.

Even though the historical record was so-so and has brought the concept
of a dictator into disreputation, the idea as such is a pretty good
match to our current situation.

-- 
David Kastrup