[wp-hackers] WP Plugin DB 1.0

[drDave]

Couldn't put it better than Jamie....
Major issue in hosting this on anything too official (like 
wordpress.org) is the liability and automatic assumption people will 
make on the checking the plugins have gone through. No matter how many 
warning and disclaimers we add...
Provided the project takes off correctly (which it seems to be), 
actually moderating all the plugins in a way that would allow us to 
vouch for them (probably nothing short of code auditing and regression 
testing) is an unrealistic task. I mean, I do keep an eye on what gets 
uploaded, and it's not yet much work, but I can foresee a day where 
anybody will be able to upload anything without getting noticed 
immediately, and there's not much we can do about it.
I think the best approach will be to implement community based 
moderation and a rating system, insuring no bad apple stays too long in 
the basket... but this does not offer sufficient guarantee to host them 
on the official WP site, imho.

A nice standalone "wp-plugins.com" domain with a link from the official 
Docs, FAQ and Wiki should make it easy enough for newbies to find it 
(and I agree, it is most important).

And while I'm at it: if you got a plugin, Go Register It Now! and 
please let me know of any bug you run in, whether in the DB tools or 
the client.

Cheers
-- 
Dave

On Oct 13, 2004, at 11:50 PM, Nick Parker wrote:

> Or just have an active moderator who approves plugin submissions as 
> they arrive. Whichever. I figure as long as it's easy for a 
> new/prospective WP user to find, then it's all good.
>
> Jamie Talbot wrote:
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>> If I remember rightly, there have been some concerns raised (though 
>> not
>> shared by me), that people wouldn't want an initially unmoderated 
>> system
>> directly associated with WP.  The argument is that any problems caused
>> by it would be implicitly associated with WP itself and could risk
>> damaging its core reputation.
>> Of course, assuming that the system is coded and moderated well (and
>> drDave, I have every faith it is :) ), this wouldn't be a problem but
>> still I can at least see the reasons for these worries...
>> How about a prominent link on wordpress.org to wp-plugins.org or
>> whatever, and an equally prominent message there explaining this as an
>> unofficial enterprise.  This should keep everyone happy?
>> Just a thought,
>> Jamie.
>> Trevor Turk wrote:
>> | I agree that having the plugins db on wordpress.org
>> | would be the best... But that's just me.
>> |
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