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> It's another junk format in the sea of junk formats. > PyPA aren't the brightest minds around, so, they've created this joke You have some interesting and v
by localghost3000 3y ago
> It's another junk format in the sea of junk formats.
> PyPA aren't the brightest minds around, so, they've created this joke
You have some interesting and valid criticisms of the format. Why not just say them without all the harsh insulting language? Is this how you'd want someone to speak about you and/or your work?
- crabbone 3y agoI don't care what kind of language people use when they speak about me. Also, I select what to say to say precisely what I want. Junk is something that is likely of poor quality, old and broken and therefore discarded, useless. This perfectly describes what TOML, JSON, YAML and the rest in the sea of junk formats are. PyPA are awful at doing their only job: defining rules for Python packaging. In the post above I gave one illustration of the poor quality of their work. Something that could've been easily prevented had they applied themselves to critically assessing the outcomes of their work. And, if need be, I can find a dozen of examples of the same, and probably more. And they don't work in isolation, even in Python world the problem of packaging Python code is not unique to them. They can be compared oranges-to-oranges with other similar efforts. And, yes, they aren't the brightest by a wide margin. And they should be told about it, because they self-selected to handle the problem plenty of people who didn't nominate them for that role depend on in their daily lives. It's a moral duty of anyone who understands how bad they are to repeatedly remind them about it.
- localghost3000 3y ago[flagged]