[gldtn]

As a vB's hack user I think that the problem with the system now is that it gets frustrating browsing thru the thread to see if there is any patches/fixes released by coders other the the author of the hack.

What I would suggest and love to see here is maybe another box/table under the hack download file table where anyone(or just coders) can upload patches and fixes which can be easy to spot by the hack consumers and maybe just make it aware that the author is not responsible for patches released by any other coder other than himself. This would probably also get rid of the "Add-On Releases" forum aswell which can be a good thing for coders and consumers.

This would be very easy to do with a few hacking to hack release threads and would not require author permission or a separate forum.

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As far as getting the permission to take over a hack, I would think that maybe erwin can adapt the Un-register Yourself(not the actual name) hack that I seen released somewhere here to this board and maybe if the user is CODER have a checkbox option if he/she would'nt mind if other coders takeover thier hack project and depending on the coder choice mark thier hacks with a flag/image so other coders would know if they can take over or not. Cool thing about this is that this could all be hidden from regular board users and viewable by coders only

OR

If un-register yourself doesn't sound like a good idea, maybe have an option under the usercp of coders to allow such permission if going inactive/leaving forum.

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just my 0.02cents worth of thoughts!