[Catalog-sig] Please turn off ratings

[Noah Kantrowitz]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: catalog-sig-bounces+noah=coderanger.net at python.org
> [mailto:catalog-sig-bounces+noah=coderanger.net at python.org] On Behalf
> Of Jacob Kaplan-Moss
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 11:28 AM
> To: catalog-sig
> Subject: [Catalog-sig] Please turn off ratings
> 
> Hi folks --
> 
> Just got another one of these:
> 
> > From: PyPI operators <richard at python.org>
> > Subject: New rating on Django
> >
> > [REPLIES TO THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT GO TO THE COMMENTER]
> > xen has rated your package as 0/5.  Comment (optional):
> 
> I'd like to ask, again, to turn off ratings on PyPI packages.
> 
> How is this feature helpful to anyone at all?
> 
> * It's not helpful to me as a maintainer: I have no idea *why* "xen"
> gave this rating.
> * It's not helpful to users: they have no idea what "0" means.
> * It's not helpful to "xen": his feedback can't be acted upon, so
> we'll never be able to aprove.
> * It's not helpful to PyPI: what value does "0/5" provide to a catalog?
> * It's not helpful to the Python language: how does "0/5" in any way
> help Python users choose tools?
> 
> PyPI is a catalog. Naive rating/voting features aren't part of that
> mission. Can we please turn this ill-considered, useless feature off?

+1

--Noah