<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/13/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dan Robinson</b> <<a href="mailto:dan@civicactions.com">dan@civicactions.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Folks,<br><br>I'm glad I kept reading through all that kruft ( :) sorry - but I really<br>don't think that conversation should have happened here - if I were the<br>list manager.... :) ).</blockquote><div><br>
Theoretically, John Sechrest and I are list moms of some kind...but
really, it's going to take a little while to see what kind of
conversation happens here. I'm OK with a wide range of conversations
for now...obvious support goes to support, but pretty much anything
that falls under the rubric of best practices and/or "what is your
approach?" is fair game right now.<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This is a *really big deal* imho. I think the<br>sooner this could happen the better (I think I heard that Boris is
<br>working on it).</blockquote><div><br>
Nice toss :P We discussed this in Amsterdam, and various "Ranking for
modules", ranging from direct gathered information (aka drupal.module
phone home to report enabled modules) to "let users rate". I owe some
notes from meetings, and then we need to as a community commit some
development time. I said that a "user rate" is something that I was
more interested in supporting rather than phone home.<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">My personal opinion is:<br><br>1) Just have a simple "overall" rating - 1-5 scale. I think the idea of
<br>drilling down to a more granular level of "stability, usability..." etc<br>is interesting - but really not necessary (given my suggestion #2).</blockquote><div><br>
I believe this will be one of the approaches. <br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">2) Allow for comments - just allow people to riff. Everything will come<br>out in the wash. People will see the modules with higher ratings and
<br>they will read the comments. Each of us can add what we like/don't like<br>about the module in the comments. This would cut HOURS out of making a<br>decision to use or not use a particular module.</blockquote><div><br>
Make a book page and/or comment on the documentation/uses
there....comments will be like forum threads, and ultimately it will
take HOURS reading comments to decide what to use, especially with low
levels of knowledge participating.<br>
<br>
We now have close to a 1:1 relationship between modules and
documentation. Now, we just need the next step of linking project
module to the documentation section (I think there are existing fields
that could be used for this).<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">3) For extra credit - create a "Drupal Peer Panel" - make it really big
<br>and really simple. You get to be on the "Drupal Peer Panel" if you are<br>recommended and seconded by current Peers (the first members can be<br>chosen by our fearless leader). Only Peers can rate and comment. This
<br>group should grow to a couple of hundred people quickly. For the most<br>part this panel will be people that the community recognizes as someone<br>who actually knows a little about the product, not someone "fresh off
<br>the street". (If you don't like this part of the proposal just do 1 and<br>2 above).</blockquote><div><br>
I like the concept, but I think certified modules make more sense.<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Can we do this? Pretty please.... I think this would be a huge benefit<br>to the community.
</blockquote><div><br>
Sure...all it needs is code (seriously). The VotingAPI is looking
nicely baked now, so that's doable. The phone home needs work, and the
Peer Panel needs lots of work.<br>
</div></div><br>-- <br>Boris Mann<br><a href="http://www.bryght.com">http://www.bryght.com</a><br>Vancouver 778-896-2747 / San Francisco 415-367-3595<br>IM <a href="mailto:boris_mann@jabber.org">boris_mann@jabber.org</a>
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