[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21307: Remove Link Manager from core

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#21307: Remove Link Manager from core
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 Reporter:  nacin           |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.5
Component:  General         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
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Changes (by mbijon):

 * cc: mike@… (added)


Comment:

 Who will own the Links Plugin that results from this ticket?

 We don't have a documented concept of community ownership yet ... and one
 shortcoming of the current .org Plugin library is that it's very hard to
 change ownership of plugins. When the authors of major plugins move on
 this hurts the community. I know that it's easy to fork a plugin, but this
 breaks the one-click update path in WP and creates an extra education
 hurdle when devs or clients aren't actively involved in the community.

 Currently: Matt is the owner of major community-owned plugins, like
 BuddyPress, http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/

 Suggestion: The WordPress Foundation should have an account on .org and
 own these in the repo (Matt & active contributors should also be owners).
 These plugins should also be listed on the Foundation's project page,
 http://wordpressfoundation.org/projects/.

 Why?: I think this would start to clarify where the Foundation contributes
 and help reassure users that even as Plugins, these major pieces of
 functionality should have more consistent ownership and support in the
 future. This may raise the bar for someone to build a commercial plugin
 that competes, but I think it's a good thing to force high standards of
 support onto anyone commercializing Plugins like this.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21307#comment:33>
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