Hi, I came in a little late to this discussion so pardon me for not replying inline. <snip lots of discussion about hiding modules if they have a dev release> One of the biggest complaints about Drupal.org is that people can't find modules. A related problem is that we have many modules which overlap functionality and create duplicate code (confusing users and generally being less efficient than having people cooperate). I see that as one of the side effects of people not being able to find modules. Therefore any proposal to this problem which hides modules is a non-solution because it makes two of the biggest problems we have even worse. You'll note that I do agree this is a problem and that we should encourage people to make official releases. Now, I have to disagree with Victor a little bit. While "it's ready when it's ready" is a common mantra for open source projects the Ubuntu team is showing how it is not a necessary condition for good open source projects. Without a doubt one fundamental rule of open source is, however, "scratch your own itch." I bring that up because a lot of people are saying "Developers should have to do this, module maintainers should have to do that." If you believe someone needs to manage a module differently then consider contacting the maintainer and saying to them: "Thank you for this module. I find it very useful. I would like to see a 'stable 1.0 release' of this module. Is there some way that I can help you to confirm that it is stable enough that it's ready for that 1.0 release? Are there some issues that need testing?" I think in most cases that the module developer will be so overjoyed at getting positive feedback and an offer of help (you have to follow up on the offer, of course) that they will use your help and quickly get the module to a 1.0 state. Testing is something that everyone can help with and will make the developer's life much easier which will make them more likely to release the 1.0. If they don't respond, maybe they have lost interest in the project. Then you could take it over and create the all important 1.0 release. Regards, Greg -- Greg Knaddison Denver, CO | http://knaddison.com World Spanish Tour | http://wanderlusting.org/user/greg