Okay, I lied about letting it drop! :)
> > Fair enough. I'd just be a little concerned about the novice user
> > who might not be qualified to make this judgement. Anyway I've made
> > my objections clear. If the rest of the folks feel this is not
> > relevant or important, I'll just let it drop.
>
> A novice user is not qualified to make any judgement about the quality
> of any software they may download (and they probably download lots, and
> lots of software every day, mostly in the form of JavaScript and Flash).
They run in sandboxes.
> Personally, I would like /contrib to recommend submissions of source
> code in the form of diffs + build Makefiles + URL of source + digest of
> such source.
I would like this to be mandated and supplied as a standardized
build recipe. (Exceptions can, of course, be made on a case-by-case
basis. It does not need to be set in stone.)
> And I'd like for there to be a way in which others can tag /contrib
> submissions ("I reviewed this and it looks good," "this is crap") --
> vote, if you like.
I would certainly like that, though without examining the source,
I don't think this is of much value.
Venky.
--
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