At 12:22 AM 4/22/2006 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote:
Why can't you remove the heuristic and screen-scrape info-search code
from the easy_install client and run one spider that would check
new/revised PyPI entries, search for missing info, insert it into PyPI when
found (and mark the entry eggified), or
Phillip J. Eby wrote:
At 12:22 AM 4/22/2006 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote:
Why can't you remove the heuristic and screen-scrape info-search code
from the easy_install client and run one spider that would check
new/revised PyPI entries, search for missing info, insert it into PyPI when
found (and
Phillip J. Eby wrote:
The problem isn't fundamentally a technical one, but a social one. You can
effect social change through technology, but not by being some random guy
with a nagging 'bot.
Seriously, though, posting Cheesecake scores (which include ratings for
findability of code, use
Terry Reedy wrote:
1. Based on comments on c.l.py, the biggest legitimate fact-based (versus
personal-taste-based) knock again Python versus, in particular, Perl is the
lack of a CPAN-like facility. As I remember, there have even been a few
people say something like I like Python the
On 4/22/06, Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Terry Reedy wrote:
1. Based on comments on c.l.py, the biggest legitimate fact-based (versus
personal-taste-based) knock again Python versus, in particular, Perl is the
lack of a CPAN-like facility. As I remember, there have even been a
Guido van Rossum wrote:
Leaving aside the Perl vs. Py thing, opinions on CPAN seem to be
diverse -- yes, I've heard people say that this is something that
Python sorely lacks; but I've also heard from more than one person
that CPAN sucks from a quality perspective. So I think we shouldn't
On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Fredrik Lundh wrote:
Guido van Rossum wrote:
[...]
Python sorely lacks; but I've also heard from more than one person
that CPAN sucks from a quality perspective. So I think we shouldn't
[...]
(as for the CPAN quality, any public repository will end up being full
of crap;
I was actually referring to the quality of the code.
On 4/22/06, John J Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Fredrik Lundh wrote:
Guido van Rossum wrote:
[...]
Python sorely lacks; but I've also heard from more than one person
that CPAN sucks from a quality perspective. So I
At 12:34 PM 4/22/2006 +0200, Fredrik Lundh wrote:
Guido van Rossum wrote:
Leaving aside the Perl vs. Py thing, opinions on CPAN seem to be
diverse -- yes, I've heard people say that this is something that
Python sorely lacks; but I've also heard from more than one person
that CPAN sucks
At 05:41 PM 4/22/2006 +1000, Nick Coghlan wrote:
Phillip J. Eby wrote:
At 12:22 AM 4/22/2006 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote:
Why can't you remove the heuristic and screen-scrape info-search code
from the easy_install client and run one spider that would check
new/revised PyPI entries, search for missing
Guido van Rossum wrote:
Leaving aside the Perl vs. Py thing, opinions on CPAN seem to be
diverse -- yes, I've heard people say that this is something that
Python sorely lacks; but I've also heard from more than one person
that CPAN sucks from a quality perspective. So I think we shouldn't
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Leaving aside the Perl vs. Py thing, opinions on CPAN seem to be
diverse -- yes, I've heard people say that this is something that
Python sorely lacks; but I've also heard from more than one person
that CPAN sucks
Phillip J. Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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At 05:41 PM 4/22/2006 +1000, Nick Coghlan wrote:
I'm not sure that's what Terry meant - I took it to mean *make the spider
part of PyPI itself*.
Which would also be accomplished by using Grig's Cheesecake tool, since
At 08:12 PM 4/22/2006 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote:
If my premises above are mistaken, then the suggestions should be modified
or discarded. However, I don't see how they conflict at all with a
consumer rating system.
My point was simply that providing rapid, visible feedback to authors
results in
Phillip J. Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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I have some general comments which I will not try to tie to specific
quotes.
1. Based on comments on c.l.py, the biggest legitimate fact-based (versus
personal-taste-based) knock again Python versus, in particular, Perl
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