On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, 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... This functionality sounds a lot like MozDev, which has a very useful list of active projects, or Sourceforge (or Gnu/Savannah/Whatever). Changing to a full blown project management system might make things easier to manage in the long run. Something to consider at least. - Alan H
