Again, including the list. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brian Jones <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [Catalog-sig] API search by python version (or classifier) To: "Martin v. Löwis" <[email protected]>
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 6:09 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[email protected]>wrote: > > searching capabilities (like searching by dependency), > > I tried adding this functionality to PyPI, but it was shot down quickly > by many catalog-sig readers, see the thread starting at > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/catalog-sig/2010-September/003301.html I'm not positive we're on the same page. You seem to be talking about adding some specific new data in a specific way to the index, and *then* making it available. I'm talking about making the *current* data available to programs the same way it's available via a web interface. It seems your ideas were shot down because "it's coming", if I read it right. I myself am kind of confused about that, because my understanding is also that "it's coming" in the form of a tool that can only be used for Python 3 packages :/ > > > a more intuitive notion of 'ranking' > > You would have to be more specific: I don't understand what that is > (or how the current ranking is unintuitive) > I'm sorry -- I meant "scoring" and not "ranking". I have yet to meet a Python user (at least in person) who actually understands what that score means and what it consists of. And a note on the PyPI site claims that packages are no longer automatically scored, leading to confusion about the potential for 'stale' scores. In addition, I can't seem to find any detailed description of what exactly goes into the score. Other package archives have methods of indicating to the user the 'vitality' and 'popularity' of a project, for example: http://help.freshmeat.net/kb/statistics/how-do-you-measure-a-projects-popularity http://help.freshmeat.net/kb/statistics/how-do-you-measure-a-projects-vitality Also note that the methods, while probably simpler than PyPIs 'score', are precisely (if not verbosely) documented. > > Please be prepared that any changes to this feature likely get shot > down, also. > Thanks for the heads up. > If it doesn't get shot down, we can > ponder implementing it, in which case contributions would be welcome. > You'd do that for me? Thanks, brian > > Regards, > Martin > -- Brian K. Jones My Blog http://www.protocolostomy.com Follow me http://twitter.com/bkjones -- Brian K. Jones My Blog http://www.protocolostomy.com Follow me http://twitter.com/bkjones
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