When SourceForge started having comments and ratings, I was a little upset at having poor negative comments there (like "not work!"). But after it has been running for a while it appears useful. I suppose it helps that Scintilla has 88% thumbs up from 134 respondents. Because there is voting on comments, the more useful comments have bubbled onto the front page.
As the system is used more, you'll see a wider range of comments on projects and you'll be able to tell more from them. It should be seen as a completely separate thing to the existing fora and trackers that each project has. While you want people to become involved in your project, many are just having a quick look and don't want to sign up for mailing lists or to interact with project members. They may just want to quickly comment about whether it was suitable or not. Neil _______________________________________________ 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
