On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:11 PM, andrew morton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Michael Favia <[email protected]> wrote: >> Derek Wright wrote: >>> >>> However, the point of the maintainers block isn't necessarily to provide >>> links people click on, but text people read. And data about how many >>> maintainers, who they are, and how active they are is important information >>> for assessing the health of a project. >> >> Project statistics are useful to us but most users dont care about them. > > Are you basing that statement on anything or is that just your speculation?
I'm not sure they're useful as presented. They're interesting for sure, but not informative as-is. Examples: http://drupal.org/project/paging - last commit from Gurpartap: 2 weeks ago. Next maintainer (Darren): 48 weeks ago. Last D5 recommended release was in January. http://drupal.org/project/panels - last commit (now) by merlin, next by Sun: 11 weeks ago. Last D5 recommended release was Aug 2008. Two heavily used and (I think) maintained modules, but the "at a glance" stats paint a different picture. If I knew less about these projects or the Drupal community as a whole, I do not think I would conclude that these are healthy projects. YMMV. As to the issue queue re-placement, the fact that someone asked on the dev list, and the first reply didn't notice it either should be a hint as to the UX issues caused by putting that block there. Perhaps it is a "zomg they moved my taskbar to the top of the screen and i cant find the start button anymore lol!" kind of thing, but I'm having a tough time reconciling those RHS blocks as related to the full page post in my head. My $0.02. -- Domenic Santangelo senior engineer | workhabit,inc. // email: [email protected] | web: http://www.workhabit.com // office: 866-workhabit | direct: 916-288-8243 The information contained in this electronic mail message is confidential and intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may be privileged. The information herein may also be protected by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 UCS Sections 2510-2521. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by telephone (866-967-5422) and by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
