Austin Donnelly wrote: > <snipped... an extremely useful list. Thank you for composing it> > B: Plugins > ---------- > > For plugins, I think we need to take some tough decisions as to which > plugins are supported, and which aren't. I don't know how to do this, > but others have suggested looking at which are mentioned in the > MAINTAINERS file. I would penalize all plug-ins without maintainers 2 points. PLUGIN_MAINTAINERS is the authority on this. I would further penalize all plug-ins with outstanding bug reports a further 1 point per report. The entries in the top half of the list are publically announced as being dropped for 1.2 unless a maintainer comes forward, or the current maintainer addresses outstanding issues, or turns the reins over to someone who can. That instigates a probationary period that lasts until Yosh decides to do the Official 1,2 build. Plug-ins that are still in trouble at that juncture are retired in a 'very Darwinian' fashion. Rolling scoring, in case an orderly plug-in suddenly rebels, and no one know how or cares enough to fix it. The policy is indifferent to manner of implementation. To the end user, script can be just as broken as compiled code. My two U. S. cents. Garry
