At 09:45 AM 11/14/2009 +0100, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
Paul Moore wrote:
> 2009/11/13 Tres Seaver <tsea...@palladion.com>:
>> I can see the information about the poll, and a link to view the
>> results, without logging in.
>>
>> http://pypi.python.org/pypi
>>
>> (second paragraph there). That paragraph tells you that you need to log
>> in to vote in the poll.
>
> I don't want to create a PyPI account (more account details I'll
> rarely use to remember) just to vote. I can see why anonymous votes
> are bad, but the sample's going to be self-selecting - people like me
> who don't want to create an account will be excluded.
This is indeed intentional: people like you won't upload packages to
PyPI, nor will they take part in the rating system, as both require
a PyPI account.
Which is bizarre, since Paul belongs to the group of people you say
you care most about - i.e., those people browsing the index and
looking for packages. The *consumers* of the comments, in other words.
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