[TYPO3] Lack of tt_news

[Dmitry Dulepov [typo3]]

Hi!

Christopher Schnell wrote:
> Some more thoughts on how it might be possible to improve documentation 
> for extensions:
> 
> With a colleague of mine, I had the idea to build up a "basic review 
> team". This team would review every new uploaded extension manually on:
> * Weather it has a manual
> * If the manual is useful
> * If the source code is compliant with the T3 coding guidelines
> 
> Based on that review there could be a new flag in TER, something like 
> "Approved by QA Team". This has nothing to do with the work of the 
> security team, which is much harder.
> 
> Based on this approval, it would be easier to decide for users, which 
> ext is worth considering. Additionally, there could be a second checkbox 
> in the EM to only display results that are approved. So we would have 
> three steps: "unreviewed/unapproved", "passed basic review" and "passed 
> security review".
> 
> What do you think?

Great idea! I think someone tried to organize ext reviews but this initiative is dead as well. So you may pick it up :) But be sure that you really can do it: it can be over 100 exts uploaded daily.

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Dmitry Dulepov
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