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#13 2008-03-31 12:49:34
- Mary
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Re: why is Textpattern Resources not being used?
The problem with the forum is that for the users – there’s no simple way to browse or search for plugins in a forum setup.
What I do is use the threads only for support purposes, and have the barest amount of info necessary about the plugin in the thread itself. Saves me a lot of time.
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Re: why is Textpattern Resources not being used?
I agree with Kevin on this one.
I don’t actually find TextPattern Resources bad, but I think it can be improved a bit by:
a) ensuring it’s up to date
b) making it clear what versions of txp plugins are compatible with
I would also encourage plugin authors to refer back to their plugin’s page, as has been suggested. Perhaps this board can be hacked to add a code to make linking to olugin pages super-easy? For example, plug:960 could parse into:
- Plugin page: wlk_defensio
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Re: why is Textpattern Resources not being used?
It’s not that hard to copy/paste a link. I’d think a plugin author would be more than capable of doing so ;)
Keeping TXP.org up-to-date can be a community effort as well.
Mentioning TXP version compatibility for each plugin is a feature that is planned for a new release of TXP.org (same as archiving, btw). Have to discuss this with Alicson one of these days.
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#16 2008-05-26 02:11:45
- Logoleptic
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Re: why is Textpattern Resources not being used?
I’m not nearly as bothered by the current situation as some people seem to be, but I admit it’s not optimal.
The WordPress folks have an official public-facing plugin repository now — something that was badly needed for a long time. Looking at how the WordPress community solved the problem of a centralized plugin library might be instructive.
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Re: why is Textpattern Resources not being used?
Logoleptic wrote:
I’m not nearly as bothered by the current situation as some people seem to be, but I admit it’s not optimal.
The WordPress folks have an official public-facing plugin repository now — something that was badly needed for a long time. Looking at how the WordPress community solved the problem of a centralized plugin library might be instructive.
I would second the creation of a plugin repository but what happens to plugins which are not supported anymore by their developers but they can still function after minor modifications by the community?
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Re: why is Textpattern Resources not being used?
If a plugin is no longer supported, the original author can hand over maintenance to a community member.
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#19 2008-05-26 08:32:31
- masa
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Re: why is Textpattern Resources not being used?
The problem seems that sometimes people just move on and don’t seem to care what becomes of their work. To me it’s often not clear whether a certain plugin is still being maintained or not, and if in doubt, I’d rather not use it for my project.
Someone once suggested listing all abandoned plugins in a central location for others to adopt, which I thought was a good idea.
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Re: why is Textpattern Resources not being used?
TXP.org does already have a option to show which plugins are gone or no longer maintained, I think.
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#21 2008-05-26 09:11:23
- Logoleptic
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Re: why is Textpattern Resources not being used?
masa wrote:
Someone once suggested listing all abandoned plugins in a central location for others to adopt, which I thought was a good idea.
Not exactly the same thing, but Txp Resources has started flagging plugins that don’t work with the current release or that have broken links in their entries on the site. You can find a list here.
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Re: why is Textpattern Resources not being used?
what do you think of a table similar to this?
| plugin name | version | original author | current author | min txp requirements | textpattern resources url | forum url | Latest update | download link |
| abc_plugin | 1.x | abc | abc | 4.0.6 | description | support | date | download |
| efg_plugin | 1.x | efg | sbe | 4.0.6 | description | support | date | download |
| efg_plugin | 3.x | efg | community | 4.0.6 | description | support | date | download |
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Re: why is Textpattern Resources not being used?
That’s what’s TXP.org is heading for, really, once it implements plugin code archiving. Current author is the author of the latest version. You can see who the original author was by looking at the plugin prefix.
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#24 2008-05-26 19:10:34
- masa
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Re: why is Textpattern Resources not being used?
colak wrote:
what do you think of a table similar to this?
That looks excellent.
It might not be necessary to list the authors in the main table, but rather in the plugin’s description to keep the listing compact. I think that’s what Ruud was hinting at.
What I would like to see is a clear separation between plugins that are still relevant to the current txp version and the ones that aren’t. Some plugins’ functionality has been implemented in the core while others have been abandoned completely and they should be listed only in an archive.
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