On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> 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.
Both of you are right , but I agree with Mr. Ludvig Ericson opinion (> 90%). The package author probably has no «right to demand control over what others say about her/his software» , but he has the right to decide where such comments should be posted and also if he/she wants to focus on (opinions | comments | ... ) or more useful feedback like issues or support request . For example, in my case, I prefer to have either custom ticket types in the project's Trac environment or a plugin to receive this kind of feedback *in the project's site* . IMHO PyPI is not the right place . /me probably wrong IMO -0.1 for votes and comments in PyPI and therefore +1 for including settings to let coders decide (somehow ;o) whether to allow this or not -- Regards, Olemis. Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/ Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/ Featured article: