On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 6:18 AM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Doug Stewart <<a href="mailto:zamoose@gmail.com">zamoose@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Otto <<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Plugins are starting to be reviewed more, and things are happening on<br>
>> that front. The fact that you don't see them doesn't mean they're not<br>
>> occurring.<br>
><br>
> Everything else about your email: golden. This part bothers me.<br>
><br>
> WordPress is a community-driven project and the .Org is one of its (if<br>
> not the single most) important assets and the continued lack of true<br>
> community involvement in improving it is highly disquieting. There<br>
> SHOULDN'T be ANY source of "received knowledge" in a well-run FLOSS<br>
> project.<br><br></div><snip> </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
There's a lot going on with regard to trying to improve plugins and<br>
the plugins directory, but it's all decentralized and disorganized.<br>
People working on their own or with others in small groups to<br>
accomplish specific goals.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Doug,</div><div>Not everything with regards to plugins -- particularly, security -- can be done in the open. But watch this space. We're starting to centralize and standardize some of our processes behind the scenes.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I can talk more about it off-list if you'd like, as this is the theme-reviewers list.</div></div>