[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5550: Make all importer plugins available on GitHub

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#5550: Make all importer plugins available on GitHub
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)   |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Version Control  |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:                   |
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Changes (by dd32):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 With the help of @vishnugopal we've gone through all of the existing
 importers and based on the current status of the plugin, support threads,
 and plugin directory install metrics, come up with an initial direction
 forward here.


 > Note: Some of these have a very low number of active installs and may
 not be relevant anymore, so this could be done in several ways I can think
 of: [..]
 > On a case-by-case basis for those that still have a non-trivial amount
 of active installs.

 This is the route we've chosen, only importing those that are actively
 used, or could be used. There are a number of importers which receive
 little use and updating those or importing those to GitHub could provide
 the wrong impression. The code is publicly tracked in
 plugins.svn.wordpress.org so it's not like it's potentially going to be
 lost.

 Of the plugins, Here are the ones which now have a repository on
 WordPress.org:

 || **Plugin** || **GitHub Repository** ||
 || [https://wordpress.org/plugins/blogger-importer/ Blogger Importer] ||
 [https://github.com/WordPress/blogger-importer WordPress/blogger-importer]
 ||
 || [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcat2tag-importer/ Categories to Tags
 Converter] || [https://github.com/WordPress/wpcat2tag-importer WordPress
 /wpcat2tag-importer] ||
 || [https://wordpress.org/plugins/movabletype-importer/ Movable Type and
 TypePad Importer] || [https://github.com/WordPress/movabletype-importer
 WordPress/movabletype-importer] ||
 || [https://wordpress.org/plugins/opml-importer/ OPML Importer] ||
 [https://github.com/WordPress/opml-importer WordPress/opml-importer] ||
 || [https://wordpress.org/plugins/rss-importer/ RSS Importer] ||
 [https://github.com/WordPress/rss-importer WordPress/rss-importer]
 (already existed without code history) ||
 || [https://wordpress.org/plugins/stp-importer/ Simple Tags Importer] ||
 [https://github.com/WordPress/stp-importer WordPress/stp-importer] ||
 || [https://wordpress.org/plugins/textpattern-importer/ TextPattern
 Importer] || [https://github.com/WordPress/textpattern-importer WordPress
 /textpattern-importer] ||
 || [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tumblr-importer/ Tumblr Importer] ||
 [https://github.com/WordPress/tumblr-importer WordPress/tumblr-importer]
 ||


 The following plugins have not been imported, but could be if anyone
 wishes to take up the maintenance burden:

 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/blogware-importer/ Blogware Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/dotclear-importer/ DotClear Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/greymatter-importer/ GreyMatter Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/livejournal-importer/ LiveJournal
 Importer] - This is recommended by Core on the import screen, I suggest we
 retire it: #core56685
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/utw-importer/ Ultimate Tag Warrior
 Importer]

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