Le mar, 03 jan 2012 20:28:59, Steven D'Aprano a ploppé: > On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:08:47 -0800, Ethan Furman wrote: > > [...] >>> "maybe policing uploads is worse than cluttering PyPI's disk space and >>> RSS feed with dumb 1 KB packages." (Matt Chaput) >>> >>> I'd drop the "maybe". >> >> It's hard enough finding what one wants without having to wade through >> crap. PyPI is not the place for it. > > I agree. But who gets to choose which packages are "serious" enough to > deserve to be on PyPI? Or good enough? > > The cost of allowing anyone the freedom to publish their work is that > some published work will be crap. > > Besides, I find it hard to believe that the search facilities on PyPI are > so bad that there would be any searches that come up with "girlfriend.py" > or "car.py" as false positives. > > Seriously, the over-reaction here is something that has to be seen to be > believed. The original complaint is over a couple of entries in an RSS > feed and showing up on the front page of PyPI, perhaps a dozen words in > total. The reaction has been thousands of words arguing back and forth. > >
+1 The "it objectifies wymyn" argument (back and forth) was particularly funny (in a insignificant nonsensical hollier-than-thou nitpicking way). I really was on the verge of pushing the plonk button a couple times (between spurts of uncontrollable laughter). If anything, I see the joke as derogatory to Python programmers; sadly, this very thread proves this view. Also, I find it disturbing that the wymyn-power knights in shiny armour identify a python module with a woman. If I nuke a Karmic Koala, will they rat me out to the WWF, to the UNODA, or to both? -- PiLS -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
