2009/7/26 Arthus Erea <[email protected]>: > On Jul 25, 2009, at 9:51 AM, Michael C. Harris wrote: > >> 2009/7/17 Arthus Erea <[email protected]>: >>> >>> 5: In light of these reasons, I propose that we change the >>> requirements for >>> core extensions. Please vote on the following proposal: >>> 5.1— Always include "Habari Community" as one author of the >>> extension. >>> 5.2— At the discretion of the community, credit additional >>> significant >>> contributors, at their consent, by name and url. >> >> Personally, I don't have any issue with that, but ... > > Can I count that as a +1?
No, it wasn't a vote. Discussion is good if it can lead to consensus, I don't think this is something we should rush into. >> Owen said: >>> If we were to direct the energy spent on changing or disagreeing with >>> the rules instead at erecting the solution that works with the existing >>> rules (creating a theme and plugin directory) to address the true >>> issue (top-tier exposure for contributions, whether free or commercial) >>> then I think we would be better served in the end, even if the result is to >>> determine that we need some other solution. >> >> And that's the crux of it. This and other problems would disappear >> with good addons directory. > > Actually, no it wouldn't. Though it might help to rectify some of the > *other* issues, this particular conflict would persist. I meant what I said, though perhaps "disappear" was too strong. > I don't think we plan to discontinue core extensions even when the > addon directory is up and running. Since we won't be doing so, core > extensions will continue to have the same rules. A successful addons directory would mean there would be less pressure to include things in core, and I would hope that at least some of the plugins currently in core could be removed. Further, there would be a good place where people can get exposure for their addons, with attribution, so inclusion in core with attribution wouldn't be as big a draw. -- Michael C. Harris, School of CS&IT, RMIT University http://twofishcreative.com/michael/blog IRC: michaeltwofish #habari --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
