Re: How about creating addons.gnome.org

[Jose Aliste <jose aliste gmail com>]

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Johannes Schmid <jhs jsschmid de> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> So to stress things, the site should clearly state that the plugins
>> are property of their developers and that problems should go to them
>> (as the addons.mozilla.org does)  Of course we could also showcase
>> GNOME-"blessed" plugins with some logo of Gnome. For me "blessed"w
>> would mean are to  be defined as maintained in a repository in the
>> gnome git server.
>
> Wouldn't it be better to restrict us to high quality plugins in the first
> place? So, basically, getting accepted on addons.gnome.org would mean to
> deliver quality code, translation and documentation.
>
> We could have some kind of "staging" area of course but I would want this
> area to be disabled by default, with a clear "You have been warned"-sign
> attached to it.
I totally agree with you. However, who would be responsible to review
a plugin outside the staging area?

>
> Remember that we aren't a company that needs to promote its appstore by
> having lots of stuff there and we can concentrate on quality. See [1]
> related to that.
This was never in my mind ;) I am not an apple fan :). I am a Gnome fan.

Greetings

José


>
> Regards,
> Johannes
>
> [1] http://www.mobileuserexperience.com/?p=896
>
>