Hi, there is a vimonline development site[1] on sourceforge. The bugtracker there states, that the last time an issue was closed was at 2007-07-30 and the oldest open issue is from 2001-09-13. Isn't it, that vim.org needs and deserves more attention to reflect the greatness of VIM? Since I'm a webdeveloper I'd like to volunter to build a fresh new vim.org site with all the features mentioned below. But this should not be a one time one man effort but a planed team effort. So who is the current responsible behind vim.org and who would like to join the team?
One new idea for vim.org/scripts: tags for scripts [1] http://vimonline.sourceforge.net/ Best regards, Thomas Koch Am Friday 24 October 2008 19:35:11 schrieb Caleb Cushing: > 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. -- Thomas Koch, Software Developer http://www.koch.ro --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
