as stated at Listing Rules: http://extensions.joomla.org/content/view/12/36/
Recently, with the move to JoomlaCode forge several where unpublished form JED (around 80 extensions). And with the move to Joomla 1.5 several others could be simply abandoned.
That questions pops every day in the forum!
Unpublish the extensions... does that solve the problems? IMO... No!
- We users only get a blank page when checking for an extension that was unpublished
"The page you are trying to access does not exist.
Please select a page from the main menu."
- No one knows the reason the extensions gets unpublished (should I stop using the extension or simple wait and see?!)
- People just keep asking at the forum "what happened to..." and MODs need to keep answer that. That's work too!
- If the author doesn't solve the problems the extension won't get republished and the existence of that would be simple forgotten
- That doesn't give an easy solution to identify abandoned works and to allow others to improve the code (or at least the idea or concept)
- JED list shouldn't be just a simple list similar has other software lists, but also contribute to preserve Joomla History
I think the best way is:
- create a retired list for extensions.. with the name... "RETIRED LIST"
Notes:
- The extensions authors (or JED moderators ) should be able to move an extension to the "RETIRED LIST" so everybody could see that the extension do have some problems but could be enhanced.
- You could implement a simple check box to present the reason that the extension was moved
- The extension listed should be locked to comments
- The new section "RETIRED LIST" could have a different template (maybe just the background color?)
- This could be applied to opensource or commercial solutions, has the copyright won't be altered: If a programmer wants to redevelop a closed source he needs to contact the copyright holder.
- Related topic
Download links are dead - http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,165849.0.html
<Mod Note Lorenzo: Link edited out - not from an open source>
Listing Rules: http://extensions.joomla.org/content/view/12/36/
