I think the following is worth propagating (since I wasn’t sure from the outset what the advantages were):

(18:05:48) patspam: so on another topic, what’s the advantage of putting Padre::Plugin::WebGUI into the padre svn?
(18:06:07) Alias_: 1. It counts towards the contributor count, commit count, and line count of “Padre”
(18:06:23) Alias_: 2. Other people pretty much automatically can make changes to it and help out without the need for special permissions
(18:06:37) Alias_: 3. If we want to make changes to the plugin API, we’re able to know it will break your plugin in advance
(18:06:55) Alias_: 4. It’s easier for other people to steal good ideas from you
(18:07:13) patspam: #3 is especially good
(18:07:19) Alias_: 5. We can watch your new improvements as you add them, not only once you reach release time
(18:07:32) Alias_: 6. Anyone you recruit to help out also automatically gets commit to Padre as a whole
(18:07:47) patspam: ok I’m sold!
(18:07:53) Alias_: yay
(18:08:14) Alias_: Welcome to the Creative Anarchy

I’ll upload my slides onto the WebGUI User Conference website later today. Once I do they’ll be online at http://www.plainblack.com/wuc/files. I talked about Padre in both my “Extending WebGUI” and “Ultimate WebGUI Development Environment” talks.