Re: GNOME files disabled

["Luis Villa" <luis tieguy org>]

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Dave Neary <bolsh gnome org> wrote:
> Luis Villa wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org> wrote:
>>> What was gnomefiles? It sounds like a list of files found in GNOME but I
>>> don't want to assume. :)
>>
>> closer to addons.mozilla.org- information (including updates, news,
>> etc.) about applications available for GNOME. One of those multiplier
>> things that creates a lot of value by giving everyone who does a GNOME
>> program a place to shout from.
>
> But also had a very low barrier to entry, which meant that it became
> about as useful as Freshmeat at one stage.

I'd say that ideally a replacement would have functionality similar to
a.m.o- ratings (including download counts and perhaps some sort of
'maturity' score based on the duration and number of updates) and
probably some editorial component for the front page.

Luis