[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16838: Excluding Akismet from Future WordPress Releases / Plugin Directory

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#16838: Excluding Akismet from Future WordPress Releases / Plugin Directory
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 Reporter:  sc0ttkclark  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugins      |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:  maybelater
 Keywords:               |
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Changes (by nacin):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => maybelater
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 My opinion on this is nuanced, and, I like to think, practical. I'm for
 the eventual unbundling of Akismet. But I think, as a practical matter, we
 need to make sure that users do not suffer in the process. There's a
 reason Akismet is bundled in the first place: spam is bad, and it's
 perceived as our problem by our users, and it's a problem we can at least
 try to offer a solution for. We first need infrastructure in place in
 various locations to handle better installation procedures and other
 features that can mitigate the practical effects of its unbundling.

 I think there is a time and place for a future discussion. I don't think
 it's now, or on Trac. Ultimately, this decision needs to come from the
 core team. Therefore I am closing this as maybelater.

 To answer potential critics now who may point out that at the moment a
 majority of the individuals on the core team work at Automattic, each
 individual earned their position here based on merit, not anything else,
 and their condition for being here in that capacity is thinking and acting
 independently. Potential for a conflict, sure. Actual conflict, no way,
 and I will verify that and stand behind that, as will Mark Jaquith. Mark
 and I have discussed Akismet at length (very recently, in fact) and we
 hope that this topic will come up again in the future web the time is
 appropriate. Possibly after some improvements in 3.2.

 Also, no, Akismet should not be removed from the plugin directory. There
 is a line, and it's perfectly on the proper side of it. (There have been
 some recent questions with regards to other plugins, so perhaps we can
 work on enumerating more detailed guidelines.

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