[Python-Dev] Docs of weak stdlib modules should encourage exploration of 3rd-party alternatives

[Guido van Rossum]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Brian Curtin <brian at python.org> wrote:
> Downloads don't mean the code is good. Voting is gamed. I really don't
> think there's a good automated solution to tell us what the
> high-quality replacement projects are.

Sure, these are imperfect metrics. But not having any metrics at all
is flawed too. Despite the huge flamewar we had 1-2 years ago about
PyPI comments, I think we should follow the lead of the many app
stores that pop up on the web -- users will recognize the pattern and
will tune their skepticism sensors as needed.

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)