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

[David Lyon]

Hi All,

What do people think about this idea? I've actually started writing
something to try to to do this and create sn automated scoring system
for the packages on pypi.

It was started last week based on Guido's comments on the distutils
mailing list.

> Why not rate ( or auto-rate) packages on
> objective criteria?
> 
> E.g.: tests and test coverage, docs, installs on python version X, Y,
> Z, works on windows, etc?
> 
> Quality can be measured. Me being a total failure and not reading the
> docs, and failing to install something is subjective. I don't disagree
> with the goal of giving *users* a voice, but is PyPI the right place
> for that? How many moderators do we have to watch comments? Can other
> users down vote comments by people which are simply *wrong*?
> 
> Why can't we just disable it until we can come up with a better system
> that finds a balance between the rights of maintainers, and those of
> the user?