I realized that (in a certain forum which requires a special access privilege), there were some threads created by developers who like to stop maintaining and supporting their plugins but also to be sure that their work doesn't fade away into oblivion. This is why I suggest a "Give-Away" subforum in the "Plugin Development" forum. What do you think?
*sign* Especially because only veteran bukkiteers are in (a certain forum which requires a special access privilege) anyways, doesn't cover nearly all the developers.
Personal opinion: Not enough to constitute a sub forum. As for where plugin authors choose to post these type of messages, why is it not their own prerogative?
For clarification: The suggested sub-forum is not meant for discussion about projects which has been marked as inactive or abandoned. For those you have to use BukkitDevs communication system! Also, it is not meant for threads with a nature describable as "You are lazy, I want your plugin!". If somebody is shrewd enough to do this, do it in private! It is solely meant for projects which are still active, but whose author wants to quit supporting it in foreseeable future!
I think that the creation of a such a subforum (regardless of how underutilized it may be) would be a good idea. Of course, as someone without access to a certain forum which requires a special access privilege, I don't know what the volume of the demand is.
That's exactly my opinion. I think the utilization will increase as soon as such a subforum is available and would also increase the amount of interaction between authors. Did I create some kind of insider joke? However, there are two threads at the moment where there is an active discussion. There is talk about ~ 10 plugins. I agree to Lolmewn that these discussions do not fit into Bukkit+, because their placement excludes most authors from the discussions.
Plox @lukegb , implement this please! It's annoying to see plugin giveaways scattered throughout Plugin Development and Bukkit+. Thanks.
I'm not in Bukkit+, so it'd be nice to see a forum for this. I'm sure the same is true for many developers.
A forum on Bukkit that only developers with the developer forum rank or higher can access. They changed it so people can't get that rank anymore, but the people who had it already still have it, I think.
Let them eat cake, just keep pushing on. Make your plugins, let them make theirs. If they leave the plugin to rot, just take it and improve it for yourself or the community. It is not like they can copyright an open source software/plugin.
We are talking about projects, not code. Of course you can take the code, update and improve it, use it on your server and deploy it. But maintaining a project is a privilege. You are not allowed to take over a project without the agreement of the owner. The point of this thread is to find a way to make handing over a project to a qualified successor simple and safe.
Hmm, you are saying that the project becomes entirley to your name.. I mean, the best ideas are stolen right?
What I'm saying (and said before) is that some members in the community want to prevent their project from fading into oblivion but have no designated place to do so. If these members finally vanish from the face of earth, it is way to complicated for a possible successor to take over the project. In most cases, taking over a project fails because of insufficient communication. We see that quite often on dev.bukkit.org. A designated sub-forum will partially prevent this communication problem. I don't know what you are trying to say. Besides that, it is impossible to "steal" an idea.
It is an expression used by picasso the famous painter. Aside from that, I see what you mean but honestly like for every plugin, it is not always that hard to "revive" it. I see what you say and I understand about a few select plugins fading away but not all of them would.
