[Python-Dev] PyPI comments and ratings, *really*?

[Ben Finney]

"Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:

> Nick Coghlan wrote:
> > Particularly if the developer is able to add a prominent link to the
> > project's own support site or mailing list.
>
> It's really puzzling that people always assume that people would use
> comments primarily to get help, or to report problems. It appears that
> nobody expects users to merely comment, voicing their opinion - yet
> the comment that triggered this particular thread was precisely that.

I'm reading “the project's own mailing list” as a fine place to do
exactly that: discuss the project.

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Ben Finney