[IDEA] Sponge "Hack-a-thon"

[simon816]

There’s been many discussions on that particular topic already

Sponge website and plugin repository discussion

As you know, Sponge currently has the website and the forums. I believe I can say that there is a general consensus around the Sponge community that it needs a well-organized plugin repository similar to DevBukkit(DBO), but completely free and maintained by the community. The core team is currently busy organizing the main project, but I believe there are enough members to begin organized work on the Sponge repo. That being said, the Sponge website needs several core features: Homepage: The …

Plugin Hosting

Right now we are trying to decide how we should manage a plugin repository system. Before we decide anything, we’d love to gather input from the community to see what they’d like! I look forward to reading all the constructive feedback you guys provide. Feel free to give suggestions to my proposals or make your own. Proposal 1: Bukkitdev like system We could handle things very similarly to how we did on BukkitDev. This includes: Proactively review every file before they are available for do…

Plugin Trust System

The topic “Plugin Hosting” (Plugin Hosting - #15 by Cyclometh) led me think about this concept as a means of potentially addressing some of the issues with Bukkit’s plugin system and the lag time in getting files up for download. Would it be feasible, since we’re still in the early stages of this project, to build a plugin trust framework, possibly using some kind of web of trust? Thinking about it, it’d be complex to build but could in theory make the plugin shipping pipeline a lot smoother an…

BukkitDev for Sponge!?

Hello guys! CraftThatBlock here a relatively well known member on Spigot. As I am a web developer, and I am part of the Spigot community, and I see a lot of potential into the Sponge project, I would like to make my part into it. My Java days are still here, but web is mostly what I have been doing lately, so I’d like make something for Sponge… A DevBukkit for Sponge! This would have similar functions as the original one, but with more features, and a lot more community driven. It po…

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