David Cantrell said:
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 01:40:03PM +0100, Salve J Nilsen wrote:
I think _some_ kind of shaming should be allowed. Carrots are good, but
sticks work too when applied in a respectable fashion.
They might, but a "hall of shame" ain't respectable. If I were on the
list, then it would just make me think "cpants is run by a bunch of
cunts, so i'll just ignore them".
What other list name (that still explains the purpose of the list) would
you prefer then?
But taking down the hall of shame smells awefully like the chinese
press rules ("We are only allowed to publish _good_ news about
ourselves!")
There's plenty of bad things said on CPANTS still - I have angry red
marks against my name for all sorts of things. But I don't mind,
because they're backed up with an explanation. Saying "DCANTRELL is a
bad programmer and should be ashamed of himself" will merely make me
think less of you. But saying "DCANTRELL didn't include a changelog in
some of his distributions, we think that's bad because ..." is called
Constructive Criticism. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm paying any
attention, but at least I haven't dismissed CPANTS as the work of
ill-mannered lunatics.
Yep, this is your option and your freedom, and it's a Good Freedom. You
(and any other CPAN author) are, and should always be, allowed to ignore
the recommendations and opinions from others.
Still, let's not remove the negative opinions just because they are
negative. There are much better ways to improve those than to outright
censor them.
- Salve
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