Instead of a score, maybe it would be more useful to have a count of people's experiences. Here's a possible list:<div><br></div><div>* I use this package and like it</div><div>* I use this package, but have problems with it</div>
<div>* I used this package, but stopped because I found something better</div><div>* I used this package, but stopped because it caused me too many problems</div><div>* I used this package, but stopped because of reasons that don't reflect on the quality of the package</div>
<div>* I tried to use this package, but couldn't get it working.</div><div><br></div><div>That entirely leaves out people who haven't used the package at all, which seems fine. The descriptions are a bit long, not sure if anything can be done with that. Jesse Noller noted (from Zed?) that there's generally a bifurcation of votes -- either 5 or 0, depending on whether you love/hate the package. My proposal doesn't try to represent fine distinctions. Also it separates beginner problems that are blockers (which are what a lot of people's pithy complaints or 0's are from) from more substantive problems -- and both deserve to be represented, but just should be represented differently.</div>
<div><br>-- <br>Ian Bicking | <a href="http://blog.ianbicking.org">http://blog.ianbicking.org</a> | <a href="http://topplabs.org/civichacker">http://topplabs.org/civichacker</a><br>
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