[Greasemonkey] Userscripts.org Wikified Scripts: Branching

[Brendan J]

What is too bad is that, in many of the circumstances we have on
userscripts.org, is that the original author has gone missing.  So the
original script cannot be updated.  Some mechanism needs to be in place for
this eventuality.  Like an expiry time? A vote to update script?  Or voting
on each script that has branches so the community can decide which is the
best script to choose.

Ahh hell, even if it isn't all that complex, even the most basic branching
model would be leaps and bounds better then the current system.

On 7/2/06, Lenny Domnitser <ldrhcp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/2/06, Jeremy Dunck <jdunck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > That's nice for the would-be author, but how does someone visiting
> > choose which branch to use?
>
> If a script is actively maintained, people can send the author
> patches. I think branching is ideal when somebody wants to add a
> feature or fix a bug that the author is not fixing on their own.
> Branching is basically what happens already, except it is more
> discoverable. People will also have help in choosing a branch based on
> ratings, comments, and last-modified dates.
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