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

[Ben Finney]

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

> > 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?
>
> Because I want to wait for the outcome of the poll first.

There's a problem with the poll's placement: on the front page of the
PyPI website.

I only know about the poll because you said there was one, and I went
hunting for it. The front page of PyPI is not one I ever visit, as a
package maintainer; I'll visit the pages for the packages I maintain, or
make a specific search of packages I'm looking for.

So, the poll's audience is limited to those who visit the front page
(which is hardly ever necessary for package maintainers), and those who
already know it exists (e.g. through this discussion thread). You'll be
missing the opinions of those maintainers who, like the OP of this
thread, only discovered the behaviour much later.

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Ben Finney