An idea for new.zope.org: encourage people not to abandon popular projects.

Even very useful and well know Zope products get abandoned. Consider 
LoginManager.

Both SourceForge and Freshmeat introduced rating according to 
"activity", which is probably the frequency of releases.

This may not work 100% (some people may prefer to download software with 
lower frequency of releases as it may be deemed more stable) but it's a 
start.

A more drastical approach would be tagging products that have not had a 
release in six months as "abandoned" in red typeface. Such products 
would stand out in a list of products, perhaps forcing the author to 
come out and say whether the product is doscontinued, but it would 
definitely make users better informed about the product status. Another 
approach would be to mark products "may be abandoned" if no release was 
published in six months, and "abandoned" if no release in 12 months.

Just my idea. Propose something softer or harder, but IMHO some solution 
should be implemented.

-- 
Milos Prudek




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