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Welcome to the brainstorming group for the 2014 Drupal.org roadmap! This group is to help the Drupal.org Software Working Group gather community input into the 2014 budget and plans for Drupal.org improvements. Please read the announcement for more background/details.
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With the recent acquisition
http://growingventuresolutions.com/blog/gvs-drupal-scout-acquired-indust...
Absolutely no visible activity for years. There could be room to bring this under control of the Drupal.org Software Working Group.
Creating a module archive
Creating a module archive rather than demotion to a sandbox?
On d.o., these would no longer show on the usage stats pages, excluded from project listings by default, just like sandboxes.
This could automatically archive any abandoned or obsolete modules and issues in the webmaster queue to have other modules placed there. Maybe even archive all projects that do not have a release that is currently supported by core (5.x, 4.7.x, etc)
Related, make the Related
Related, make the Related projects editable by any user that is allowed to promote projects. This generally has fairly irrelevant suggestions.
This discussion could be
This discussion could be irrelevant if the forums switch to stackoverflow.com...
Within the forums badges / rep would be nice for newbies. A simple member since with #comments/post rounded down to the nearest 10/100/1000,10000, etc would quickly show users who is who with nearly no competitive edge to it imho
Within project issue queues I would love a vote up / down system similar to YouTube would probably eliminate a considerable # comments that are really just noise, while showing the numbers of people that have actually read and participated in that comment.
Developer tools team leadership (https://groups.drupal.org/node/368148) would be nice to have it implemented globally on all projects, and the team could then get badged per project with their associated role within the queue. While it is rare, sometimes random users do come in and they start making random PM like decisions in the queues.
I have personally found that
I have personally found that the general ratings given tend to mean little in practice.
The module comparison pages are far more useful, as would the "Related projects" block if it actually was doing it's job...
Update on distribution of BlueCheese
I thought folks here might want to know about https://association.drupal.org/node/18878
tl;dr:
The DA announced plans to separate the trademarked elements (logo, colors, etc.) from the BlueCheese theme and make this stripped down version of the theme publicly available under GPL on Drupal.org.
To be heard, weigh in on that blog post, though, not here.
I very much support this
I very much support this change.
I just want to point out that real lawyers do not support Angie's assertion that you have to vigorously challenge all trademark "violators" in order to maintain your trademark. This is a common misconception. See https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/trademark-law-does-not-require-com...
GitLab has a free hosted
GitLab has a free hosted service since a bunch of months ago - GitLab Cloud.
http://www.gitlab.com/cloud/
Unlimited private and public repos, organizations/groups, etc
So we can use it self-hosted or hosted at gitlab servers.
I guess this more of a dummy proofing? or a Work Around?
REMOVE the Post feature. and Have them use the Search Button 1st.
After the Result returns have the POST a NEW stuff be @ the End of the Search list.
Other new Versions of Android/i-OS etc... and HARDWARE
someone might invent a visor version and uses another kind of Browsing System to a Full 3D or Virtual interface.
Heads up: We're working on this
Thanks for a great discussion that leads to several possible solutions. Just wanted to follow up and say that I took this to our lawyers today and will come back to you with some options to consider and discuss as soon as I can. In the meantime, if you have more fodder, please share.
This is a great idea!
This is a great idea!
Will be fixed on October 22
Public mode will be fully browsable in GitLab 6.2, released on October 22.
Will be fixed on October 22
Public mode will be fully browsable in GitLab 6.2, released on October 22.
Death to the NIH Syndrom
Free the energy of the poor people working on the project module, and better put that into integrating Github with what should be kept on d.o.
As this has a lot of votes, it might become a reality. Incredible...
Ah, yes: moving a project as big as Drupal mostly to github should allow to negotiate some favorable terms with the github team as to restrictions that would hinder our work. Leverage our project size to our advantage }:-]<
Ah, yeah, and if it turns out Github is just not right: replace Github with [other external service that is better]
To get the discussion going is the important point.
Gittip, not git.tips
I think you mean Gitttip.com/for/drupal
I got taken to some strange linkfarm with your link :P
StackExchange has an API
Not sure if this was mentioned before, Stack-Exchange has an API, may be worth considering as a possible option for tie-ins,
http://api.stackexchange.com/
and docs
http://api.stackexchange.com/docs
if that is a way to save people work for a future version of Drupal.org, get all the neat and fun gamification stuff that motivates contributors.
I agree with this 100%
I agree with this 100%
This seems to overlap considerably with another suggestion
https://groups.drupal.org/node/313013 - Make popular projects easier to find from the header-search box
Is there a mechanism to fold different suggestions into one? (FWIW, that suggestion was initially mine, though it has been improved since I originally posted it.)
What´s missing is ...
1) more screenshots of Front- and Backend of Modules
2) a better relationship-display of related Manuals, Tutorials and Tipps