On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:27:48 am Ludvig Ericson wrote: > On 12 nov 2009, at 14:38, Steven D'Aprano 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. > > ... on my own package's page.
It's your package. It's the community's page about your package. I think of PyPI as a community-owned noticeboard. Its primary purpose is to allow the community to find good packages -- the benefit to the community is why it exists, not the benefit to the author of the package. In my opinion, the community is best served by a good comment/review system, one which avoids the worst trolling, and allows authors the right of reply, but does not allow authors to censor inconvenient but honest reviews. -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ 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
