[Greasemonkey] Userscripts.org Wikified Scripts: Branching

[Bill Donnelly]

the scripts need to be marked as "obsolete" with a link to the new version
if there is one that has been taken over by someone else
or historically noted that the original was taken over

Brendan J wrote:
> 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.
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