* chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-30 22:05]: > Where CPANTS works now is identifying actual, functional > problems with distributions: missing licensing information, > not extractable, POD errors, invalid META.yml, et cetera. > > Where CPANTS doesn't work is attempting to bolt on several > other highly-ambiguous metrics in order to turn the ranking > into a differentiator between similar distribution.
Which is what I said. The difference is that I don’t see how the game is particularly harmful as long as it’s carefully applied to functional problem metrics only. In that case I see it as a useful social hack. The hall of fame as an indicator of “these authors consistently take the necessary care to make sure you won’t have problems with their software for no good reason” seems fine to me, at least. The hall of shame is rather more debatable. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
