Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.026 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'pypi': 0.04; 'worse': 0.07; 'url:pypi': 0.08; '>>>>': 0.09; 'from:addr:ethan': 0.09; 'from:addr:stoneleaf.us': 0.09; 'from:name:ethan furman': 0.09; 'message-id:@stoneleaf.us': 0.09; 'received:gator410.hostgator.com': 0.09; '~ethan~': 0.09; '(do': 0.16; 'naming,': 0.16; 'pypi.': 0.16; 'subject:PyPI': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; '>>>': 0.18; 'ryan': 0.18; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'opens': 0.23; 'module': 0.26; 'lee': 0.28; 'pm,': 0.29; 'anyone': 0.31; 'idea': 0.32; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'there': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.34; 'community': 0.34; 'probably': 0.34; 'it.': 0.34; 'lie': 0.34; 'url:python': 0.36; 'subject:with': 0.36; 'disk': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'received:76': 0.37; 'think': 0.37; 'enough': 0.38; 'feed': 0.39; 'finding': 0.39; "i'd": 0.39; 'url:org': 0.39; "it's": 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'packages': 0.40; 'browser': 0.61; 'apologize': 0.63; 'received:websitewelcome.com': 0.64; 'url:3': 0.67; 'url:0': 0.67; 'received:184': 0.67; 'received:69.56': 0.73; 'joke': 0.84; 'otten': 0.84; 'received:69.56.148': 0.84; 'received:gateway14.websitewelcome.com': 0.84; 'uploads': 0.84; 'dozen': 0.91; 'won': 0.97 Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:08:47 -0800 From: Ethan Furman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Spamming PyPI with stupid packages References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator410.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - stoneleaf.us X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: c-76-105-214-227.hsd1.or.comcast.net ([192.168.74.5]) [76.105.214.227]:1986 X-Source-Auth: ethan+stoneleaf.us X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: dG9idWs7dG9idWs7Z2F0b3I0MTAuaG9zdGdhdG9yLmNvbQ== X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1325597719 news.xs4all.nl 6973 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49595 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:18402 Peter Otten wrote: > Lie Ryan wrote: > >> On 01/02/2012 11:20 PM, Peter Otten wrote: >>> Felinx Lee wrote: >>> >>>> I have removed those packages (girlfriend and others) from PyPI forever, >>>> I apologize for that. >>> The thought police has won :( >> I think the community has a right to defend themselves against trolls. >> If it's just bad naming, we can probably just laugh it off; but when a >> failed joke spans a half dozen module and just opens a browser to his >> website, there is no value for it to stay at PyPI. Additionally, it may >> fuel copycats: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/kimwoohyeon1/1.3.0 (do anyone >> have any idea who submitted that one?) > > I think it's a judgment call. > > "maybe policing uploads is worse than cluttering PyPI's disk space and RSS > feed with dumb 1 KB packages." (Matt Chaput) > > I'd drop the "maybe". It's hard enough finding what one wants without having to wade through crap. PyPI is not the place for it. ~Ethan~