create an editable Wiki page to list available extensions

[marcomaggi]

For a time, back when it was hosted on Google Code, the project re2 had an editable Wiki page were people could add their binding-to-language to the list of available bindings. It would be nice to have a Chez's Wiki page were extensions maintainers could signal the existence of their package.

[dybvig]

That sounds like a useful feature, though I worry about spam postings. Would be reasonable for the list to be produced from a database stored in the repository and have people wishing to announce their extensions submit pull requests for the database?

[marcomaggi]

Submissions must be easy. IMHO if one has to fork a repository: it is too much; I suggest to try for a while with the editable Wiki page, and see what happens. Unless there is a way to create and edit a new pull request with an in-browser editor embedded in the Github site, which may be possible; the whole procedure must be clearly documented.

Another, maybe lighweight, possibility is to abuse the Github Gists.

[weinholt]

Currently there is a lack of a structured place for the community to share information and the wiki would be very appreciated. As for the original question in this issue, there is this: https://akkuscm.org/packages/

GitHub wikis do not tend to get spam so I would not worry about it until it happens. And in that case the wiki is actually its own git repository so it's easy to clean out spam edits with a force push. Please let us use the wiki.

[amirouche]

Would be reasonable for the list to be produced from a database stored in the repository and have people wishing to announce their extensions submit pull requests for the database?

That would require more efforts from the maintainers (checking PR, validation etc...) maybe that is one way to grow the team.