Hi Jorge!
On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 11:03 PM Jorge Gustavo Rocha via QGIS-Developer < qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > Hi Admire, > > Thank you for helping with the plugins. > > I think we can lower the administration time, if we can enable reviews by > the users. Not just voting (that we already have), but written reviews. > Written reviews can address issues you mentioned: > > - Duplication of functionality. Plugin functionality already exists in > QGIS. > > - Plugins containing binaries (and related problems) > > - Plugins which are a fork of an existing plugin > > - Etc > > As an example, Wordpress has about 60k plugins [1]. The submission process > and rules are similar [2]. But the credibility about each plugin is mostly > based on user's reviews, votes and number of downloads. > > Basically, we already almost the same data as wordpress about plugins, but > we miss user's reviews. User's reviews can add value. > My concern here would be that we create a new problem: Having to moderate the comments. Maybe we could use a simple like/dislike and/or predefined lists of comments (e..g "Works great", "Doesnt work on Linux", "Doesnt work on macOS" etc.). Regards Tim -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tim Sutton Kartoza Co-Founder Visit http://kartoza.com to find out about open source: * Desktop GIS programming services * Geospatial web development * GIS Training * Consulting Services Tim is a member of the QGIS Project Steering Committee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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