First of all I have to say that I’m very grateful for all the hard work people put into their plugins. I have saved so much time and effort with various plugins and continue to support them whenever possible. Additionally, I’m grateful for WordPress to host the plugin directory.
That being said…
I wish there was a way to have dead/broken plugins drop off the list or be categorized elsewhere if they haven’t been updated in over a year or two. I find it extremely frustrating to sift through so much junk and have to waste time reading posts to determine whether or not a plugin is supported or not.
If the owner of a plugin is serious about their work, then I would think they’d be willing to continually update the directory accordingly, and keep a change log. Some do, and some don’t.
Just my two cents…flame away if you wish…