Thanks for the info... My idea would have been more like SourceForge.
Subscribers (or donors would work) would get access to the central repository where all the work was done for you for plug-in testing with various core versions, various "MyJQuery" bundles of cores and plug-ins, etc. "Added-value" kind of stuff. Those who didn't want to or couldn't donate/subscribe could still find everything they needed, like we do now, and would still have to do their own testing, or find out about testing results on the various plug-in sites. I know John desires to keep it all free, and that's a good ideal, but I would pay to have someone do all the testing and gathering of metadata, etc., for me. Like right now I have an issue that strikes to the heart of this matter. I'm working on a site and I used the jQuery core back from Mar 7, 2007 along with Jorn's validation plug-in. Works fine. Now, however, I'm adding Karl's ClueTip plug-in to the site, which was demoed with a later version of the core. I would have liked to have been able to consult metadata on the two plug-ins and the two core versions and find out if everything was compatible. I just decided to take a chance and use Karl's ClueTip plug-in with the older core. It does work. However, this instance is not a big deal, because the site is not in production, yet. If I had been adding the ClueTip plug-in to a live site, I would have had to go through testing first. I would gladly donate or subscribe to a service that would allow me to enter the plug-in versions and core version that I want to use together and the service tell me of any problems I might encounter and offer a solution as far as upgrades needed. That would save a lot of time, and therefore, money on my end. Being generous and giving away everything is nice, but there are times when a little extra money to pay the power bill comes in handy. :o) Rick -----Original Message----- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephan Beal Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 2:33 PM To: jQuery (English) Subject: [jQuery] Re: How does everyone handle the constant updating of jQuery and plug-ins? On Jul 29, 8:19 pm, "Rick Faircloth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you know of a similar situation like what we've been > discussing where a subscription service or something similar > was successfully implemented? Now that you mention it... the closest things i'm aware of are: a) Commercial Linux distros (e.g. RedHat & Suse). b) SourceForge (which i proudly subscribe to) offers free and subscription service. At sf.net, a subscription gives you no benefits other than bumping your support requests to the top of the list and adding a small dollar-sign icon next to your user name. i support them not for the support request bumping, but because they've hosted my projects since many years. c) Kingdom of Loathing (www.kingdomofloathing.com) and similar web- based games, which are free but offer additional features/bonuses if you donate (not the same as subscription, though). i'm not aware of any real subscription services for Open Source projects, though, as opposed to subscriptions for commercial content (e.g. ipod-related stuff).
