Hi guys, I agree with all the points raised by Yehuda and Jorn, but unfortunately Mike, the biggest problem of all is Drupal.
In a nutshell :- - The navigation is shocking - Issue management is long winded and painfully time-consuming - So is uploading new files / creating new releases I feel Yehuda and Jorn's points are great, but they focus primarily around giving jQuery user's better access to plugin - which is undeniably a must-have great idea. However, The system must also cater for those who do (and will) voluntarily maintain their projects within the community. With that in mind, I recently moved all my plugins to Google code for the following reasons :- - Sub-version access - Easy navigation - Easy-to-use issue management system (with configurable email alerts) - WIKI (for project documentation) - Ability for project collaboration Hope that helps in some way... Cheers, Diego A. 2008/10/13 Mike Hostetler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Everyone- > > I'd like to start a discussion on how we can improve the plugins > repository to better fulfill the needs of the community. When we > first created the plugins site, there were a lot less plugins. As > jQuery's popularity continues to rise, the need for additional > features for plugin authors is growing. > > As the person most familiar with the plugins site, I get a decent > amount of requests for tweaks here and there. Unfortunately, because > of the choice of using Drupal with Drupal's Project module, the amount > of features that can be easily turned on is small. I've been very > cautious at modifying the source code of the Project module for many > reasons. I'm in touch with the leaders of the Project Module, having > met up with them at the last Drupalcon. Currently, there is ongoing > work on the Project module for Drupal.org, and the Project module > remains the last major issue in upgrading Drupal.org to Drupal 6. So, > this problem is bigger then jQuery. > > What I'd like to solicit is feedback on the following: > > - What works with the current plugins site, what are it's strengths? > - What doesn't work, where does it fall down? > - What are the top 5 major features missing from the current site? > - Are there any other open source project management solutions that > are worthy of consideration to replace Drupal and the Project module? > (PS. Because of the work involved in this, I would consider this only > as a last resort) > - Any other feedback is appreciated > > Thanks, > Mike Hostetler > > > > -- Cheers, Diego A. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. 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/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
