[Zope] abandonware and new.zope.org

[Marc Lindahl]

That would be very useful for us product developers, to know what people are
really using!  Even a download counter, rating system, etc....

on 4/30/02 2:45 AM, Milos Prudek at milos.prudek@tiscali.cz scrivened:

> An idea for new.zope.org: encourage people not to abandon popular projects.
> 
> Even very useful and well know Zope products get abandoned. Consider
> LoginManager.
> 
> Both SourceForge and Freshmeat introduced rating according to
> "activity", which is probably the frequency of releases.
> 
> This may not work 100% (some people may prefer to download software with
> lower frequency of releases as it may be deemed more stable) but it's a
> start.
> 
> A more drastical approach would be tagging products that have not had a
> release in six months as "abandoned" in red typeface. Such products
> would stand out in a list of products, perhaps forcing the author to
> come out and say whether the product is doscontinued, but it would
> definitely make users better informed about the product status. Another
> approach would be to mark products "may be abandoned" if no release was
> published in six months, and "abandoned" if no release in 12 months.
> 
> Just my idea. Propose something softer or harder, but IMHO some solution
> should be implemented.