> > The role of plone.org/products is doubly to let people *find* products
> > and to support people whilst they are *developing* them. That's why we
> > make things like roadmaps and issue trackers available.
> >
>
> Perhaps these two roles should be separated. A frontpage to customers
> with tested Premium Products and a backstage of "projects". Projects
> which passed the (self-/peer)review gets listed on the frontpage.

I imagine it will end up being something like this, yes, or at least
making the "approved" products much more visible and the "potentially
dangerous" ones much more explicit.

> So it will still be possible to contribute, but good, stable and
> supported products get really highlighted.

Yep. :)

> > However, the PSC is used for a lot of projects-in-the-making that may
> > not have these aspirational targets *yet*. It may also contain a lot
> > of products where these criteria are simply irrelevant. And it may
> > contain products that are not perfect, not for everyone, but vital to
> > some.
>
> Dividing all things into products (fully tested) and projects would
> be helpful to both developers and customers. Projects can reside in
> the PSC, but only Products get listed on plone.org/products.

Yes and no. The line is probably not as clear as that. What is "fully
tested"? This could well become subjective on individual points (does
everything need i18n? does everything need clean uninstall? what kind
of bottlenecks will there be if we require independent verification of
product quailty?). Again, though, the community as a whole should be
allowed to highlight "good" products through ratings, reviews and
statistics.

Martin