Re: Making CPAN ratings easy (was Re: CPAN Ratings and the problem of choice)

2008-07-03 Thread chromatic
On Thursday 03 July 2008 16:38:55 Rick Fisk wrote: > People use CPAN to solve a particular problem. They don't go looking to > download packages merely because they exist or are popular so I don't > see a parallel between CPAN and Cnet. > > The idea of displaying download rates in my view is not

Re: Making CPAN ratings easy (was Re: CPAN Ratings and the problem of choice)

2008-07-03 Thread Rick Fisk
People use CPAN to solve a particular problem. They don't go looking to download packages merely because they exist or are popular so I don't see a parallel between CPAN and Cnet. The idea of displaying download rates in my view is not to create a popularity contest but to give the consumer a