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

[Ben Finney]

Michael Sparks <sparks.m at gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> This poll is only visible if you're logged into PyPI. This strikes me
> as a mistake. I went looking for a poll and didn't see it.

The mistake, I think, is having a poll basically asking “what should the
PyPI maintainers do?”, instead of weighing evidence and reasoned
arguments. A poll may be good for gathering preferences and opinion, but
it's a poor way to make a *decision*.

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Ben Finney