Question About Extension Registration Process

[magshare]

Folks,

I'm waiting on a component to be approved.

Kind of a long process, but not that big a deal.

However, if I need to go through this for every single point release, then it is a big deal.

I'm used to the WP process, where the directory points to a live project, under the control of the developer.

That does not seem to be the case here. It's hard for me to tell, as the process is so opaque.

Question: Do I have to go through this approval process for every single point release?

I sometimes need to get releases out there toot sweet, to address critical bugs, and I don't want multiple versions floating around, while a buggy version is sitting in the main repository.

If this is the case, then it's just not worth it for me to maintain releases here. My plugin is not ever gonna make the download-o-meter even twitch. It's extremely vertical-market, with a vanishingly small target audience.

It may just be a better idea to do what I've been doing for the last year and a half or so, and maintain a SF project. I just figgered I'd give this a try, but I'm getting nervous.

[madchris]

Are you referring to becoming listed at the Joomla Extensions Directory (JED) at http://extensions.joomla.org? It can take quite some time (several weeks or even longer) for new JED listings to be approved. I cannot speak for the JED team, but as I understand it, once your JED listing is approved, you can edit the listing whenever you have new versions to release without requiring a new round of approval. The file(s) for your extension are not actually downloaded by end users from the JED itself, but are linked to from the JED using the download page you specify. I'm guessing the main reason for uploading the extension file when creating the new listing is to make it easier for the JED team to review the extension.

[magshare]

Oh, it's OK.

Since I asked, the project was approved, and all my questions were answered.

I appreciate the speedy approval (I'm giving up on Drupal, and set up on GitHub).

Thanks!