On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Jacob Kaplan-Moss <ja...@jacobian.org> wrote: > 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 Jim -- Jim Fulton http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimfulton _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list Catalog-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig
