Something like that. We could go with "semi tolerant dictator for life"... :)
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:21 PM, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > benevolent? > > On Dec 28, 4:01 pm, Christopher Steel <[email protected]> wrote: > > While it is not required due to the nature of his position, I do > > hereby officially recognize Massimo Di Pierro as Web2py's Benevolent > > Dictator for Life as is in keeping with the Pythonic and opensource > > tradition and in recognition of his leadership and nurturing role in > > the development and maintenance of the Web2py project. > > > > Long Live Massimo! > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_Dictator_For_Life > > > > On Dec 28, 4:02 pm, Tim Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Then maybe a bit of info around massimo being the BDFL (python/linux, > > > benevolent dictator for life) being out there might work. As said > before, > > > seems very much like a perception problem rather than something that > will be > > > solved via some sort of company or group running things rather than a > single > > > person. > > > > > The current setup works great for me, but identifying that there are a > few > > > people (the list above is awesome) who are web2py experts, and very > > > experienced in the code, even if there is a BDFL who is gatekeeper, and > > > setting that as the expectation/perception going forward might well fix > > > perception without any changes neccesary. Perhaps an "about the > developers" > > > page or something? Or an explanation of some sort on the web2py site? > > > > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > On Dec 28, 2010, at 11:54 AM, VP wrote: > > > > > > > I love the fact that if I have a problem with web2py and asked a > > > > > question, Massimo will likely answer it. But the perceptual > problem > > > > > of web2py is a single-person effort is real. Massimo fixes most of > > > > > the bugs (it seems so). Massimo is mainly responsible for PR. > > > > > Massimo is in charge of experts4solution (it appears so). Massimo > is > > > > > mainly in charge of documentation (the book) (it appears so). > > > > > > > Note that these are not necessary bad things. But the concern is > > > > > real. Now, you can say this issue should not be a concern (i.e. we > are > > > > > okay with the current setup). Then that's a different perspective, > a > > > > > different story. > > > > > > Offhand, I can think of at least three major projects that have a > single > > > > person in charge, in one way or another: Linux, OpenBSD and Python. I > don't > > > > know much about the OpenBSD and Python patch processes, but all Linux > > > > patches go through Linus. So in that sense, Massimo's role is not > > > > unprecedented. > > > > >
