From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 14:09:24 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02FAA106566B for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:09:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhellenthal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A709B8FC12 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:09:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghy10 with SMTP id 10so1549435ghy.13 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:09:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=4UCV6/QktwJB3JModi8lK+x8MgiP/wcU0XM8kKPUTnA=; b=i09xhupoIISvOEr28+65sOZ0OQQZhx8acmAdHhygTznOKkxcBeOk7OaMY1wVNAQLi8 fm8/6hOEi7Z9T7NefH6keBi0+J98IOHDQ/rb6CIJww+FEoYmOaHKLB3yBheVZfU0p9qf 3sReBI5Bosnd5Xyz4+oOrLAWK6pBho4GxETgg= Received: by 10.100.82.13 with SMTP id f13mr848011anb.45.1326982162815; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:09:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from DataIX.net (adsl-99-56-123-248.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net. [99.56.123.248]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q29sm18162511anh.1.2012.01.19.06.09.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:09:21 -0800 (PST) Sender: Jason Hellenthal Received: from DataIX.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by DataIX.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q0JE9GWB005444 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:09:18 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhell@DataIX.net) Received: (from jhell@localhost) by DataIX.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q0JE9Amc004946; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:09:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhell@DataIX.net) Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:09:09 -0500 From: Jason Hellenthal To: Pegasus Mc Cleaft Message-ID: <20120119140909.GA76977@DataIX.net> References: <20120119005735.218280@gmx.com> <4F177914.5090706@missouri.edu> <20120119031908.GB95131@DataIX.net> <201201190623.00241.ken@mthelicon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201201190623.00241.ken@mthelicon.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting PRs fixed (was: Re: ...focus, longevity, and lifecycle) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:09:24 -0000 On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 06:23:00AM +0000, Pegasus Mc Cleaft wrote: > > > > > Idea 1: Fix 'n' PRs, get a tee-shirt, fridge magnet, plush daemon, ... > > > > > > > > Idea 2: Give it status. Set up a web page with PR fixing stats > > > > > > > > name/handle..total PRs fixed...fixed in last 12 months...average > > > > fixed/year Sheldon......150...............90........................72 > > > > Leonard......131..............110........................67 > > > > Howard.......104...............20........................52 > > > > Raj...........80...............80........................80 > > > > > > You should get extra points for difficult PR's. One way to measure this > > > would be to give more points for fixing older PR's than newer PR's. > > > > Number of points = number of days or weeks that a PR has been in the system > > before triage ? > > > > I would think this would put some emphasis on either triaging old PRs > > before new ones or actually postponing and assigning a status that cannot > > accumulate a higher amount of points. > > But then what? What to do with the points after they accumulate? > > Wouldn't it be cool if there was some funding or backing where you could > trade your points in for a pint or a cup of coffee? Call it "Coffee for > Coders" or the CC fund 8-) > > You know.. That might be a funny way of assigning points for a PR. How > many cups of coffee you expect to be drunk during the fixing of a PR. > > All meant tongue to cheek, of course 8-) > > Peg Yeah great point. If only someone like the foundation could secure that... -- ;s =;