[Python-Dev] setuptools: past, present, future

[Fredrik Lundh]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:

> The problem isn't fundamentally a technical one, but a social one.  You can
> effect social change through technology, but not by being some random guy
> with a nagging 'bot.

> Seriously, though, posting Cheesecake scores (which include ratings for
> findability of code, use of distutils, etc.) would be a fine way to achieve
> the same effect, and if they're part of PyPI itself, they don't give off
> the same "random guy with a bot" effect.

like "some random bozos who likes play code nazis on the internet"
is better than "a random guy with a bot".

sheesh.  does anyone know if this kind of non-productive control-
freakery is common over in Ruby land?

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