> 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)
There is, although it's admittedly tedious: users can file a support request (follow the link "Get Help"). > and the software author should be able to talk > back That is actually the case: the author *can* talk back. > but the general idea is here and won't go away by wishing it > away. I'm going to take a poll RSN, and see what the majority of users think (rather than their vocal fraction). Then we can see what to do about it. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
