On 4/7/07, Eric Redmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But this is a weakness of the plugin concept... a "plugin" is a collection of "goals" which are undeniably functional units. Obviously a plugin, being a collection, can be utterly incoherent.
I do not fully agree with that last sentence :) Coherency to what ? Coherency is defined with regard to a particular concept. It's like regarding multi-dimensional objects from a particular point of view and deciding whether or not these objects look similar enough. E.g. You can group people by hair color, size, IQ, date of birth, etc... Each of these groups will be simultaneously coherent and incoherent. To me, a plugin only serves as a namespace for the mojos we want to distribute. The namespace should be something the user can easily connect to (becomes easy to remember). That's what is important, right ? If mojos can be packaged in an 'incoherent' manner, maybe should we think of also listing the mojos instead ? The idea is that the user should find the mojo, the plugin comes after. So what is the goal of the site plugin list? Can we focus on that ? I personally don't go and see it anymore. Google is good alternative to locate a plugin. So what tis the use of the page ? Help the user find new plugins? Maybe we should have tags (I prefer properties, i.e. key-values)?
From these properties can be automatically created several ways of
categorizing them (plugis sorted alphabetically, mojo by phases, archetypes, those which create reports, etc...) I don't necessarily like this proposal, but my main point was: what is the goal of this page ? What value does it bring ? Jerome --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
