My version of a plugin repository

[tigerw]

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It seems like the plugin repository is based on the same design as Ports, just with different names for things and different content. We have plugin owners who can modify plugins they submitted, and can also make new ones.
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I think you are not right. Anybody who have githum login can post plugin in plugin repository. FreeBSD port collaction can update only port mantainer. You mut first allow post plugins in old style (some as I'm) and after some success plugins - allow access to the official Cuberite plugin repository. It's li Linux pkg system too

So would you suggest a system whereby plugins are posted in the forum first, and if, and only if, they get enough votes, they can then be added? If so, how do you think about GitHub stars as a way of voting?