[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5145: Standardize links to external repos for plugins and themes

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#5145: Standardize links to external repos for plugins and themes
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 Reporter:  stevegrunwell     |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  low               |  Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |   Keywords:
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 As a plugin author, I usually make a point of adding a link to plugins'
 external repositories in their readme.txt files.

 Meanwhile, when I want to submit changes to a plugin, the readme.txt file
 is the first place I check, before doing a search for "<plugin name>
 GitHub".

 Considering [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/plugin-
 developer-faq/#how-many-old-releases-should-i-keep-in-svn the plugin
 developer FAQ explicitly states that the SVN repo is *not* for code
 versioning], might it be helpful to add an [optional] "Contributing"
 header to the readme.txt standard to help drive open-source contributions
 to plugins?

 In practice, it might look something like this:


 {{{#!php
 <?php
 /**
  * Plugin Name:       My Basics Plugin
  * Plugin URI:        https://example.com/plugins/the-basics/
  * Description:       Handle the basics with this plugin.
  * Version:           1.10.3
  * Requires at least: 5.2
  * Requires PHP:      7.2
  * Author:            John Smith
  * Author URI:        https://author.example.com/
  * License:           GPL v2 or later
  * License URI:       https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
  * Text Domain:       my-basics-plugin
  * Domain Path:       /languages
  * Contributing:      https://github.com/johnsmith/my-basics-plugin
  */
 }}}

 The link provided by the developer could then be displayed on the
 "Development" tab of the WordPress.org plugin page:

 > == Interested in development?
 > [# Browse the code], check out the [# SVN repository], or subscribe to
 the [# development log] by [# RSS].
 >
 > You may also [# contribute to the plugin's development here].

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