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

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Fri Nov 13 00:15:08 CET 2009


Masklinn <masklinn <at> masklinn.net> writes:
> 
> On 13 Nov 2009, at 00:00 , Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> > 
> > Then why not simply add a sentence or two before the comment form warning
that
> > the comment system is not meant to ask for help, support or debugging about 
the
> > package?
> Because users don't read warnings.

I don't like assuming users are idiots.

> The warning will therefore be promptly ignored, and then the
> aforementioned user will start ripping on the package because he didn't get
> help following his comment.

And then it's easy to point out that he was wrong if there was a warning in the
first place.




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