On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:47 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: >> Except when they have a problem, and then they are likely to only complain >> through the comments. > > As this theory has been repeated often here, I decided to go through all > comments and classify them, as: > - good: (overall) positive evaluation (possibly including minor > criticism/wishes) > - bad: negative evaluation, complaint, bug report > - neutral: statement of fact (typically in response to some help > request) > > Here is what I got: > - good: 20 > - bad: 11 > - neutral: 9 > > So far, the theory that only complainers will comment cannot be > substantiated by facts. Of course, it could be that all the negative > comments come from easy_install users, and all the positive comments > from people who browse through PyPI... Notice however that such > easy_install users often would have to create a PyPI account first. > > Regards, > Martin
And how many of the "good" comments are astroturfers? What's so bad about package maintainers from having an opt-out? I'd rather run a pypi competitor at this point. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
