unfair CPAN review, is there anything I can do?

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,

yesterday I uploaded version 0.17 of Bio::Phylo to CPAN. Unfortunately, I made a goof and didn't "make manifest" before "make dist", so the created archive only contained the META.yml, not the *.pm files. I subsequently corrected this, but in the meantime the one and only review I've received on CPAN was a 1 star review.

I believe this is unfair - I have developed and maintained this distribution for five years and I know it to be used and to be useful from interactions with bug submitters and other users. I know, I know, a star is only a number, etc., but is there anything I can do so that the ratings are fairer?

Thanks,

Rutger

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Re: unfair CPAN review, is there anything I can do? by jettero (Monsignor) on Mar 02, 2010 at 11:53 UTC
Solicit reviews from the people who find it useful by putting a note at the bottom of the POD. I suspect that's all you can do. The sad thing is, there are probably people that would pass over a module if it only had one star and a bad review. I know people sometimes respond to the bad reviews too. That's certainly an option, but it won't fix the star. -Paul	[reply]
Re: unfair CPAN review, is there anything I can do? by tinita (Parson) on Mar 02, 2010 at 14:08 UTC
You can hope that the reviewer sees the update and changes their rating. A possibility message other reviewers would be nice, though. It seems in this case that the reviewer in question is quite active, so they might check for updates soon. update: what you shouldn't do, though, is rate your own module. you might review it without a rating, but giving yourself five stars is considered unpolite.	[reply]
Re^2: unfair CPAN review, is there anything I can do? by Anonymous Monk on Mar 02, 2010 at 14:38 UTC
Ok, I suppose you're right. I've set the stars I gave myself to undef.	[reply]
Re: unfair CPAN review, is there anything I can do? by Anonymous Monk on Mar 02, 2010 at 14:51 UTC
ignore it	[reply]
Re: unfair CPAN review, is there anything I can do? by scorpio17 (Canon) on Mar 02, 2010 at 15:52 UTC
I feel bad for you - so I gave you a good review. I hope that helps!	[reply]
Re^2: unfair CPAN review, is there anything I can do? by Anonymous Monk on Mar 04, 2010 at 17:24 UTC
The original reviewer of the negative review has amended his review (removed the stars) so to keep the universe in balance you might consider doing the same. Thanks! Rutger	[reply]
Re^2: unfair CPAN review, is there anything I can do? by Anonymous Monk on Mar 02, 2010 at 17:44 UTC
Wow, thanks :)	[reply]