[ZWeb] [10x]Products: rating and download monitoring
Trevor Toenjes
zope@toenjes.com
Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:11:20 -0500
Improve Pride in Authorship and Ownership
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There are some great products for Zope. But many lack good documentation or
at least a detailed description. To a newcomer it looks like a crap-shoot.
zope.org and Zproduct-webs should use a
* feedback for author
* display number of reads, downloads, comments
* rate this product
* difficulty to install and use.
* category system that shows the category on the product page
How about a compatibility monitoring system? Every release of zope or a
dependent product asks product authors to validate compatibility. Their
non-response places a "buyer beware" on the product page.
CREDITS: ZopeLabs at least has a "rate this recipe" to give feedback to the
author.
Almost all products lack a sufficient use-case scenario to explain why you
might need the product. You have to be a experienced Zopester or install it
and experiment before you decide it doesnt do what you thought it would.
I suggest these as a catalyst to improve the credibility and organization of
the z-dev community to focus on quality and sharing. This should make Zope
more accessible to newcomers and improve the quality of products released.
I will help with a "features doc" if anyone agrees.
-Trevor "10x" Toenjes
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