On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 10:06 PM Jonathan Crall <erote...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I like the idea of a vetted package index that pip can point to. The more > I think about it, the more I think that it needs some sort of peer review > system as the barrier to entry, and my thoughts to to establishing some > DeSci DAO that could distribute the peer review of packages amongst a set > of trusted maintainers while also being a mechanism to add new trusted > maintainers to the peer-review pool. > > Peer reviewers could be funded via a fee to submit a package for > publishing. > I agree until this point -- we REALLY don't want to have a pay to play system. Yes, it needs to be funded somehow, but some sort of donation / non profit / etc funding mechanism would be best -- but I don't think peer reviewers should be paid. Peer review in academic journals isn't cash compensated either. > I think to achieve a scalable, funded, decentralized, and trustworthy > package index a DAO makes some amount of sense. > I had to look that up: "Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)" So, yes. -CHB -- Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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