[Python-Dev] PyPI comments and ratings, really? (original) (raw)

Tres Seaver tseaver at palladion.com
Thu Nov 12 23:52:08 CET 2009

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Guido van Rossum wrote:

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:

I'd not trust a package without a bug tracker, mailing list or link to the source a lot sooner than something without comments and ratings. Yeah, but you're not exactly an average user. Most users don't know how to use a bug tracker. Also, there's a large variety of packages on PyPI. Not every developer has the same attitude, but they all live happily together on PyPI. (Or did you want someone to start a separate CPAN "for the rest of them" ? :-) [...] What about astroturfing? What's to stop me from writing a script to create a pile of accounts and then bumping packages I like with glowing ratings and reviews? Who is going to be the moderator, and how to decide between spam, incorrect comment, etc? Those are all hard problems, though all of them have at least partial solutions in the other worlds (Amazon, Wikipedia, Apple app store, etc.). Maybe there should be a standard "social app" that you can just customize for a specific purpose. Sounds like an interesting project, actually.

The appstore analogy actually helps Jesse's case" "iFart in your general direction." (iFart is the top-rated app). Popularity and quality aren't related in any direct fashion.

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