[wp-hackers] plugin compatability

[Ken Newman]

On 11/5/2009 5:34 PM, Ade Walker wrote:
> I have two problems with the new compatibility vote system:
>
> 1. What does a less than 100% "Works" compatibility rating actually mean to
> the average plugin "searcher"? For example, go to
> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/ and you will
> see (at the time of writing this) that 4% of votes say "Broken". How am I,
> the "average plugin searcher" to interpret this? That the plugin is no good?
> That the plugin may not work? That it only works 96% of the time? It doesn't
> mean any of these, of course, but I'm not sure that such a rating helps me
> (the less tech-savvy user) to decide whether to use the plugin or not.
>    
1. Basically, your concern is one of display UI on the wordpress.org 
site. You'd rather them make the consensus more obvious. OK, so switch 
the display to read "Preliminary feedback: 96%" in small, then a big ol' 
fat "Consensus: GOOD TO GO!"

That should solve that problem.

Seriously, WordPress users are a pretty competent and fairly intelligent 
group. I'm sure that the 4% isn't turning many people off this plugin.

2. Undoing damage done. Yeah, this might be a concern, but as I 
understand it, Each version of wordpress, you get another fresh start! 
:) how great is that?