Robert Kaiser wrote: > Eric H. Jung wrote: >> --- Robert Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> If the review times >>> there discourage you, then what you should do is help that situation by >>> taking part in the review process >> >> I don't agree. Participating in the review process means sacrificing >> time towards developing >> addons. There is a large audience of people who want to develop in >> their limited free time, not >> review. Other alternatives to your suggestion: >> >> 1. Push for AMO to change its review process >> 2. Publish your addons to both AMO and another site (e.g., mozdev) >> 3. Ignore AMO >> >> ...and I'm sure there are some I've missed. > > The review process ensures that all add-ons available from that site are > usable, reasonable quality and not malware, which the uncontrolled > process of most other sites can't even nearly guarantee. Of course, that > process also comes with the cost of being slower. > > >> As I wrote earlier, mozdev is most definitely the prime entry point >> for users downloading *some* >> extensions/addons. The addon author is free to use mozdev in this way, >> so it's unclear to me why >> you claim mozdev isn't "designed to be that". How is it that you >> decide what mozdev is designed >> for and what it isn't? > > What I decide is that we don't link mozdev but AMO as the "Add-Ons" link > on the SeaMonkey project website. > > This is because mozdev is not a general normal-user entry point for > downloading Add-Ons, while AMO is designed to be just that. > Some mozdev project pages may very well be designed for download of one > or even a handful of add-ons, but not as a general entry point for any > kind of add-on. And what we link needs to be something like that. > > We surely want to link resources where people can get other add-ons, but > not as a link on the front page or the main menu, probably either on our > community page or in the documentation section of the website. And that > is all the original discussion on mozilla.support.seamonkey (which > Michael partly cited) was about. > > Robert Kaiser
What Robert said, and in addition: If mozdev.org ever became a resource directly exposed to end-user, it would instantly fall over its feet. AMO doesn't stumble just because it wants to, but because it's the primary attack surface to a significant part of the internet population, and that just takes some compromises. Right now, mozdev.org enjoys security through obscurity, that is, nobody has to worry about the download links here because they're just undiscoverable. Would any project lead out there, say, mconnor or the SeaMonkey council, decide to change that, mozdev.org as we know it would fail. Instantly. Badly. It could easily fail beyond the scope of mozdev.org. Axel _______________________________________________ Project_owners mailing list [email protected] https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners
