On 10/22/08, Thomas Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > by revising my .vim dir and creating a list of usefull vim scripts for > my collegues, I started thinking about vim.org/scripts. Let me assume, > that the many high quality scripts are a very important part of vim, > which makes vim the almighty tool you use every day. > > Then the quality of vim in a whole depends on the quality not only of > individual scripts, but also on the ease of installing, updating, > maintaining and finding scripts. > > The current vim.org/scripts site seems to have several critical flaws, > IMHO: > > * you won't get informed of updates for your scripts
> * collaboration on script development is next to impossible, because > * I can't upload a new version, must open a new script page you mean you can't update someone elses script, I agree this is a problem as I believe a large number of vim scripts are unmaintained. and without comments we can't tell people we've forked it elsewhere. > * No script I saw is under version control sql iabbr 2 is :P but there is no way built in for vim.org > * Many scripts lack licence informations I'm guessing scripts are public domain unless otherwise stated. > * scripts can not be browsed online, there are only downloadable > zip/rar/tar.gz/vba/vim I don't see this as a huge problem... > * User Feedback on scripts is not possible: no comments, mailing list to > much a barrier definitely should have comments below scripts like mozilla has for plugins > * No issue tracker yeah something would be nice... > Do you agree with me on this points? Should we do something about it? > Should we do build a better vim.org/scripts? Who would like to join the > effort? > > Things that could be done: > * save scripts in a VCS > * add a webforum to each scripts page > * add an issue tracker > * add OpenId to vim.org > * politely inforce a default licence for scripts > * allow people to upload patches to scripts they have not initially > created would it be impossible to make a new scripts page? or even just consider offloading scripts somewhere else? I'm managing mine on github. -- Caleb Cushing --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
