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Feature request: warn on defaults

Open idleberg opened this issue 8 years ago • 0 comments

I'm following package submissions rather closely and often notice careless submissions. These are mostly packages that were created using package-generator with some default values in not being changed. Oftentimes, the authors notice their mistake and release fixes, sometimes they don't.

I think it would be helpful to first-time publishers, if apm was to warn of certain common mistakes:

  • package uses default package description "A short description of your package"
  • package uses default screenshot
  • package uses default README

When any of these mentioned patterns occur, apm should require action by the user to confirm his intent or even throw an error.

I have also noticed confusion when it comes to naming packages (package name vs repository name). For example, a package might get published under the name of atom-example-package before the author realizes it would have been sufficient to call it example-package. In this case, apm should only warn the user (certainly not throw and error).

Overall, I think, these precautions would lead to higher quality package submissions.

idleberg avatar Feb 17 '17 10:02 idleberg