[Gimp-web] GIMP Plugin registry suggestions and volunteering

[Jake Gustafson <tertiary expertmultimedia com>]

Hello,

I want to help revive the plugin registry 
(https://www.gimp.org/registry/). However, after reading 
https://www.gimp.org/develop/ I'm still not sure who to contact. On that 
page:

 * The "Web Development" section isn't clear on how to get involved.
 * The "GIMP developers" link in "GIMP developers The main GIMP
   development website" results in page not found (https://wiki.gimp.org/).


https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-web-list) says "To post a 
message to all the list members, send email to gimp-web-list gnome org." 
but I'm not sure I'd have that permission automatically so let me know 
if this works.

I have Drupal experience but only version 9 (and instance with some 
leftover issues from 8, but not 8 itself nor any earlier version). 
Still, I may be able to poke around with it or convert your data to 
something else that is easier to maintain.

After understanding Drupal in a professional setting, I can say it is 
overkill for a plugin site. In fact, I'd say that Drupal should only be 
used by an organization that has a team of web developers. Complex 
issues with upgrades can cause services to fail. Upgrades can cause 
plugins to fail. Many things require custom plugins. It is a no-code 
solution that requires lots of code to do anything significant. It is a 
well-supported solution that requires lots of support. Overall, it is 
rather slow and difficult to maintain. I suggest converting the data to 
something like Django+mezzanine and I'd be happy to help with that if I 
could get a copy of the backend data. Barring Django+mezzanine we could 
pick something that is easy to maintain: Something that is 
well-supported but doesn't require lots of support; perhaps a no-code 
solution that doesn't require custom code for significant customization, 
like artgen.io. If there is a better place to discuss this, please let 
me know.

Thanks,

Jake Gustafson ("Poikilos")

https://github.com/poikilos <https://github.com/poikilos>

https://poikilos.org <https://poikilos.org>