From a community standpoint, the dedicated mod portal is a nice feature to have, and the fact that Jo5hua voluntarily invested time (and probably some money) into it is to be appreciated.
However, considering that Jo5hua does not seem to have anymore time to tend to the portal's outstanding issues (those ones that everyone knows and
loves), I think that it's time for the community to take action.
AFAIK, Jo5hua is not inclined to open-source (or at least to allow others to help with) the mod portal code.
So, besides creating a new portal from scratch, what are our options as a community?
Arguments in favor of a new mod portal:
- Centralised everything, searchable, and maybe integrated with OXC at some point
- Open-sourced - ours to maintain and upgrade as needed
Arguments against:
- Lot of work, need careful planning
- Also, need an experienced web developer
- Need hosting - not for the portal itself, but for the mod files, which can add up over time
Please add your ideas and arguments pro/con or alternative options.