On Sep 14, 8:35 am, Martin Diers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The answer to the current package chaos is not a centralized > repository. I do not like that idea one bit. It's too storm- > trooperish. Who is going to decide whether a package is repository- > worthy?
I would take the example of jQuery. They have a single repository at google code to store pretty much every plugin [1], the good the bad and the ugly. So, no discrimination, anyone can have their plugin hosted there. I think the jQuery team have a deal with Google to handle such big volumes of data, for free. There is also a centralized interface [2] for all the community activities related to plugin development: discussion boards, voting, bug tracking, etc. I think that is a very sensible and useful approach. Everything is in one place, and it is much easier to compare plugins and find the best ones. It both keeps the jQuery community focused and makes users' life a lot easier. I would argue that this system was part of jQuery's success, and I would love to see a similar thing with Django. > The answer is community packaging guidelines. Somebody needs to write > or adapt an existing doc on how to package django apps using existing > Python tools (which are excellent already), how to name them, etc. > That doc could then be incorporated into djangoproject.com. The usual > community-driven caveats apply: let it be discussed, debated, etc. If > the major Django contributors begin using it for their own package > submissions, and the guidelines make sense, the community as a whole > will follow suit. I agree and I like this idea. While I think packaging an app should remain the responsibility of each app's developer, some documentation with best practices (from a Django's perspective) would be welcome. [1] http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/source/browse/#svn/trunk/plugins [2] http://plugins.jquery.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
