Gervase Markham wrote: > Dave Townsend wrote: >> Some examples that I have heard (or experienced myself): >> >> Long review times leading to slow updates for the users. >> Dissatisfaction with the new Sandbox. >> Poor download statistics. >> Restrictions on what kind of add-ons they will host. >> Restrictions on the application compatibility you can set. >> Not appropriate for the market of the add-on (site specific add-ons etc.) > > OK. So instead of using our resource to fix these things, we are fixing > the problem that they can't afford $40 for SSL hosting?
I think it's foolishness to think that any one add-ons hosting solution is going to be right for everyone. AMO is probably about what it needs to be, right for 95% of people and extra investment in making it right for the other 5% is probably more work than making the updates system right for those other 5% of people. > a.m.o. isn't the best thing, but it's free. Hosting your own with SSL > isn't free, but it gives you more flexibility. I really think the two > options available here cover all the bases. It doesn't cover those that won't pay for the SSL and don't want to host on AMO. Yes there are people saying they are in that situation. Numbers are difficult to guess at though. > We seem to be planning to spend a great deal of resource to enable > people to not use our infrastructure, and also not spend $40. Is this > really cost-effective? At this stage there's been no decision on which way to go. I'm hoping to draw this discussion to a close in the next day or so and then post some kind of conclusion and then the decision can be made. In order to do that I was really hoping this thread to come out with some suggestions on my initial proposal. So far I've only seen one post which suggests that it can work. Given that I need to look at just how much work it would be to implement before we can decide if it is worth implementing it in order to continue to support those who need it. Dave _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
