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John Resig  
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 More options Feb 8 2007, 7:00 pm
From: "John Resig" <jere...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 19:00:23 -0500
Local: Thurs, Feb 8 2007 7:00 pm
Subject: Re: [plugins] Updated Plugin Requirements

> > It would be nice if the plugins area was more "wiki-like", in that other users
> > could make minor changes to a particular plugin.

> Not sure what you mean here.  Do you mean changes to the actual source
> code?  Won't that require SVN access?

Originally we were thinking of allowing users to make minor fixes
(fixing URLs, etc.) but instead, we think it might be
just-as-productive (and easier to implement) if we had a rating system
and inline comments.

> > Forward compatibility

> Not sure how much value this will provide.  I don't imagine too many
> devs tagging their plugin's future compatibility as "unlikely".  :-)

I've seen people in the Drupal modules area flag their plugin because
they don't have the time to work on it anymore. Although, you're right
- this is a low priority plugin attribute.

--John


 
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