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Central Registry For Open Source Project Ideas?
allinoneplace asks: "I would like to start working on an open-source project, starting from scratch since IMHO, is very difficult to jump into an already running project (reviewing the code would take months for some of them), and I've been speculating about some ideas on my own. However, I would like to know whether there is some place where proposals for open-source projects are posted, so that people might take and start them. The other way around: Is there any place where you can post projects you think are interesting but you won't be able to start?" What are your thoughts? Do you think the Open Source community really needs such a service?
theres a few more that I can't think of.
Plus, if you want more ideas, I bet I can think of one every 15 minutes for an entire night. I'll meet you at the local watering hole. You buy.
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I believe you want more than just ideas. It would also be useful to have some indication of the expected level of difficulty, pointers to resources, possibly even volunteer gurus or managers.
The reason is simple: nothing is more frustrating than to have an idea but grossly underestimate the amount of effort it will take to bring it to completion. You think it will take a few weekends, but months later you may have nothing to show for it. Wouldn't you prefer to know that before starting, or to know if you're trying to make too big of a step, or just to have someone point out that the problem that's been stopped you cold for weeks has already been solved. (This isn't a slam on your skills - in many ways the only difference between beginners and experts is that the latter know how to ask for help.)
As for ideas, I agree that they're easy to come up with. The hard part is figuring out how much work is required and if it's worth doing.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. -- H L Mencken