On Dec 1, 2007, at 2:56 AM, Thomas Barregren wrote:
and that the Submit Project form <http://drupal.org/node/add/ project_project/> strongly express that registrations of projects without also making a release node is unacceptable.
I disagree with this. People should (re)read the email I sent almost exactly 1 year ago about why people shouldn't put in-development code in the sandbox, but should instead use actual project nodes for it... http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/development/2006-December/021316.html This was in response to a huge, ugly thread about removing the CVS sandbox entirely, so don't worry about the first few paragraphs, and instead focus on the rest of it, starting with:
that said, after reading all the related threads, i've noticed a few important misconceptions about how project nodes, release nodes, and our CVS repository interact with each other. i'll grant that all of this has been in flux (hopefully for the better) for the last year, but i think it's essential to clear these up as this discussion of the sandboxes evolves:
... i specifically talk about why it's sometimes a good idea to create a project node but not necessarily create any release nodes. enjoy, -derek (dww)