> -----Original Message----- > From: catalog-sig-bounces+noah=coderanger....@python.org > [mailto:catalog-sig-bounces+noah=coderanger....@python.org] On Behalf > Of Jacob Kaplan-Moss > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 11:28 AM > To: catalog-sig > Subject: [Catalog-sig] Please turn off ratings > > Hi folks -- > > Just got another one of these: > > > From: PyPI operators <rich...@python.org> > > Subject: New rating on Django > > > > [REPLIES TO THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT GO TO THE COMMENTER] > > xen has rated your package as 0/5. Comment (optional): > > I'd like to ask, again, to turn off ratings on PyPI packages. > > How is this feature helpful to anyone at all? > > * It's not helpful to me as a maintainer: I have no idea *why* "xen" > gave this rating. > * It's not helpful to users: they have no idea what "0" means. > * It's not helpful to "xen": his feedback can't be acted upon, so > we'll never be able to aprove. > * It's not helpful to PyPI: what value does "0/5" provide to a catalog? > * It's not helpful to the Python language: how does "0/5" in any way > help Python users choose tools? > > PyPI is a catalog. Naive rating/voting features aren't part of that > mission. Can we please turn this ill-considered, useless feature off?
+1 --Noah _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list Catalog-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig
