DSSS, Dsource, and cpan

[janderson]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Anders F Björklund wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> You're right in the case of non-libraries. But I think the ddoc 
>>> requirement should apply to libraries.
>>
>> Not all projects use ddoc, some use for instance Doxygen instead...
> 
> Rather than get into an argument about what makes a project certified or 
> not, a 'digg' style voting system might be better:
> 
> 1) each registered user can vote +1, 0, or -1 on each project. The 
> project then gets a score, which is a simple sum of these.
> 
> 2) a user can change their vote on a project at any time.
> 
> 3) votes that are over 1 year old get expired, and set to 0.
> 
> One potential difficulty with this is someone registering a boatload of 
> accounts in order to shill a particular project. This can be mitigated 
> if people can, sliced by project and user, see who voted for what.

I'm not sure about the whole negative re-enforcement.  You may find it 
scare contributions away.

-Joel