[Koha] How to handle the support providers list (was Re: Spam from BestBookBuddies (OpenLX))

[vinod mishra]

I think we can make a parameter like the company who have submitted at
least five patch/new code for major active release oldoldstable, oldstable
and stable will be only listed. For example if a company has five
code/patch in 16.5 than he may be listed continuously up-to 17.5 once 17.11
will release and there is no contribution in 16.11 than they may be delist.

Above is only one parameter but someone have to monitor this continuously
to update the list, however range of version can be increased, by doing so
they will be encouraged to contribute continuously if they do not want to
die from list.


With Regards,

Vinod Kumar Mishra,
Assistant Librarian,
Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL),
NIT Rourkela,
Sundergadh-769008,
Odisha,
India.
Mob:91+9439420860
Website: http://mishravk.com/
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*"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical
relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma
Gandhi*

On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Mark Tompsett <mtompset at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Nathan A. Curulla suggested:
> > Maybe we should change the listing to “contributing support companies” or
> > something like that.
>
> While I think that is a good idea, and then companies without community
> participation get removed, the problem still remains: people don't read.
> We've put a nice disclaimer that this is not an official list and has no
> official seal of approval meaning to the list, and yet people still use it
> that way. It is impossible to educate people who refuse to read, even
> though
> the preamble write up is a rather good explanation of how to look for a
> Koha
> support provider. As such, the only reasonable course of action is to
> delete
> the list, otherwise it will continue to be used that way, no matter what we
> put on the page(s).
>
>
> Owen Leonard wrote:
> > It would be a duplicate listing ... and should be rejected.
>
> Who determines it is a duplicate listing? Because last time I looked some
> other entries looked like duplicates to me, much like OpenLX/BBB. And
> cleaning up duplicates is a pain. Yet another reason to just delete the
> list
> already.
>
> GPML,
> Mark Tompsett
>
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