[Python-Dev] eggs now mandatory for pypi? (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Oct 6 00:10:25 CEST 2009

* Moderation [...] * Flagging as spam * Captcha ?

In the specific case, neither would have helped.

a) the user making the comment that the package author felt to be impolite was a real user, with an established, well-known identity, and long-time member of the community (IIUC). That didn't stop him from making comments that the package author considered as impolite.

b) the comment itself was not spam, by any convention that I'm familiar with. It was negative, but it was on-topic (in that it commented on the very package that it was attached to).

I have said this already in various other places: I feel that the freedom of speech is of high value, and that PyPI is not only (and perhaps not primarily) made for the package authors - but for the package users. If we get spam, we certainly need (and have) moderation. But in the specific case, I probably would not have moderated the comment away since it was not spam.

Regards, Martin

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