From: bdarnell AT vnet DOT net (Ben Darnell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Future of Allegro (?)
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 21:13:18 GMT
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gt4558a AT acmex DOT gatech DOT edu (Rubicant) was overheard mumbling
incoherently about Future of Allegro (?):

>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)

I volunteer to take over the maintainance.  I don't have time to add
many new features, but I can upload new versions so we don't have to
hear about bank.s anymore ;).  In fact, I'll be uploading a new
version to x2ftp in a few minutes.  If anyone has any proposals for
new features, email me.


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