-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Jesse Noller <jnol...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'd not trust a package without a bug tracker, mailing list or link to >> the source a lot sooner than something without comments and ratings. > > Yeah, but you're not exactly an average user. Most users don't know > how to use a bug tracker. Also, there's a large variety of packages on > PyPI. Not every developer has the same attitude, but they all live > happily together on PyPI. (Or did you want someone to start a separate > CPAN "for the rest of them" ? :-) > > [...] >> What about astroturfing? What's to stop me from writing a script to >> create a pile of accounts and then bumping packages I like with >> glowing ratings and reviews? Who is going to be the moderator, and how >> to decide between spam, incorrect comment, etc? > > Those are all hard problems, though all of them have at least partial > solutions in the other worlds (Amazon, Wikipedia, Apple app store, > etc.). Maybe there should be a standard "social app" that you can just > customize for a specific purpose. Sounds like an interesting project, > actually.
The appstore analogy actually helps Jesse's case" "iFart in your general direction." (iFart is the top-rated app). Popularity and quality aren't related in any direct fashion. Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tsea...@palladion.com Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkr8kZMACgkQ+gerLs4ltQ4ScQCeJtYU9KkAq2K1Dkk0jK9ffHvB IuwAoNBWpMPFR1YsdhQN31oS1L5m91UL =qmmQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
