David Neary wrote: > Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: >>According to http://registry.gimp.org/changes?max=15 the last change to >>a plug-in was done only a couple of days ago - so it seems the registry >>works at least for some people. > > Perhaps, but there are several things which should be possible > which aren't. > > First, the majority of the plug-ins in the registry appear to be > abandonware - 1.0 plug-ins that have never been updates to 1.2, > never mind 1.3/2.0. We need a way to clean out the cruft (or at > least hide it away). > > Second, the registry could do with a ranking system to have the > most common and/or popular plug-ins appearing on the top of the > lists of plug-ins. The only sorting system I've seen is > alphabetically, which severely limits the usefullness of the site. > > Third, it is not possible to attach patches for existing > plug-ins to a plug-in without being a plug-in maintainer. It > would be nice if this were easier to do, perhaps with a comment > system? Although I guess an inscription system makes some > sense...
Fourth, there needs to be a way to recover your password or something! My plugins died in the registry because the ability to update them was locked to an account that I'd forgotten the password to.
--Adam -- Adam D. Moss . ,,^^ adam@xxxxxxxx http://www.foxbox.org/ co:3
