On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:44:32 pm Ludvig Ericson wrote: >> Why are there comments on PyPI? Moreso, why are there comments which >> I cannot control as a package author on my very own packages? That's >> just absurd. > > No, what's absurd is thinking that the act of publishing software > somehow gives you the right to demand control over what others say > about your software. > > I don't suppose that this rant of yours has something to do with the > comment posted today? > > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/spypam/1.0
If you were to ask me, the people arguing against ratings and user comments are fighting a losing battle. If they had an iPhone or Android phone (or some other device with an "app store" kind of place to find downloads) they'd know the value (for prospective downloaders) of ratings and comments. Now, I think PyPI can use some (perhaps a lot of) improvement in the details of how it works, e.g. there should be a way to flag inappropriate messages (and users who post many inappropriate messages) and the software author should be able to talk back, but the general idea is here and won't go away by wishing it away. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
