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Date:      Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:57:05 -0800
From:      Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com>
To:        "'Dieter BSD'" <dieterbsd@engineer.com>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Getting PRs fixed (was: Re: ...focus, longevity, and lifecycle)
Message-ID:  <04b001ccd64d$a58c4140$f0a4c3c0$@fisglobal.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120119005735.218280@gmx.com>
References:  <20120119005735.218280@gmx.com>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> hackers@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Dieter BSD
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:58 PM
> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
> Subject: Getting PRs fixed (was: Re: ...focus, longevity, and lifecycle)
>=20
> Andriy writes:
> > And dealing with PRs is not always exciting.
>=20
> Neither is brushing your teeth or cleaning the kitchen, but most of us ma=
nage to
> do them at least occasionally. Part of being a grown up.
>=20
> Instead of looking for a stick to hold over developers to get them to fix=
 PRs, let's
> look for carrots to make fixing PRs more appealing.
>=20
> Idea 1: Fix 'n' PRs, get a tee-shirt, fridge magnet, plush daemon, ...
>=20

+1 (!)

But careful not to incentivize those that raise PRs to split a single PR in=
to multiples purely for metrics.

We probably won't care that this might also incentivize committers to raise=
 PRs for the commits they would normally make without one (wait, does that =
happen?)


> Idea 2: Give it status. Set up a web page with PR fixing stats
>=20
> name/handle..total PRs fixed...fixed in last 12 months...average fixed/ye=
ar
> Sheldon......150...............90........................72
> Leonard......131..............110........................67
> Howard.......104...............20........................52
> Raj...........80...............80........................80

+1
--=20
Devin

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