[Zope] abandonware and new.zope.org

[John Schinnerer]

Aloha,

I agree with the desire for some flagging of products as to their state
of being.  Thus far, trying to find out which products are current,
which are 'retired', which are still 'owned' or maintained by someone
(and whom), which have been (sometimes long ago) superceded/replaced by
something else, etc. is a pain in the mouse.

John S.

--- Marc Lindahl <marc@bowery.com> wrote:
> 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.
> 


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