Hm... I was away for 2 weeks, but xxdita knows, and I already shared my thoughts here a year ago.
I organized and cleaned Doc's contents on my own use last year, and in many cases I updated the dependency links. I spent some time to put together MegaProp packs and also expanded the MegaTexture pack with the one remaining WMP Textures 10. What I haven't done, because I'm not sure about it, but it can be done relative easily, was extracting the inbuilt prop and model sets from uploads where the models and lot files were packed together. Honestly, I would do these "surgical extractions" (I think we are talking about 3-4 uploads) and I would separate the models and lot files. The remaining DAT would only contain the lot and related UI and other files, while all the model and prop examplars were about to go into one of the Prop Megapacks.
For archiving and back-up reasons somewhere at the LEX background storage could contain the original separate prop sets, as they were uploaded onto the WMP site. Basicly this is how we planned the BSC *.exe extranctions 1,5 years ago. The extracted folder based contents (with updated readmes) will go to the public LEX, and as a back-up we keep a copy of the *.exe files too.
Bringing these contents to the LEX is the best indeed, although when it will be happening, the STEX contents have to be updated as well, otherwise we will end up with multiple might be conflicting versions. I would hate that. I've been there, I'm still trying to root out the outdated BSC and SFBT contents from STEX and probably will push that forward in the near future.
I think (it's just an idea), the LEX could host all the lots and the newly organized megaprop packs, while on STEX I (or even xxdita with his rights) can update the contents and link back everything to the megaprop packs where it is necessary.
I still have a small amount of work with the Polska MegaProp Pack, but after that I can provide my packages to xxdita, who can decide in which form he wants to upload them to the LEX or if he wants to make any modifications what he sees necessary.
- Tyberius (Tibi)