Michael Sparks <spark...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> > wrote: > > So, the poll's audience is limited to those who visit the front page > > (which is hardly ever necessary for package maintainers), and those > > who already know it exists (e.g. through this discussion thread). > > You'll be missing the opinions of those maintainers who, like the OP > > of this thread, only discovered the behaviour much later. > > This poll is only visible if you're logged into PyPI. This strikes me > as a mistake. I went looking for a poll and didn't see it.
The mistake, I think, is having a poll basically asking “what should the PyPI maintainers do?”, instead of weighing evidence and reasoned arguments. A poll may be good for gathering preferences and opinion, but it's a poor way to make a *decision*. -- \ “I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer | `\ thinks he can get me five.” —Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ 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
