Re: [Haskell-cafe] idea: ratings (or maybe comments) for packages in hackage

lets try to stick to metrics that correspond to library usage and volume of developer activity

How about comments? Using e.g. disqus, it's a minimal administrative overhead, and provide user-contributed information without any artificial limitations or ambiguity. For instance, I recently updated a library to work with newer compilers, and sent the patches to the previous maintainer. He suggested I just upload it to Hackage, but this is not allowed anymore, and I haven't heard from him since. If I could add a comment, I could at least point to my repository with an updated library version until this can be resolved. -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants