From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 06:25:07 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 71081106564A for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:25:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ken@mthelicon.com) Received: from hercules.mthelicon.com (unknown [IPv6:2001:49f0:2023::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 328338FC0C for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:25:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from feathers.peganest.com ([213.205.224.58]) (authenticated bits=0) by hercules.mthelicon.com (8.14.5/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q0J6OZwf020352; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:24:36 GMT (envelope-from ken@mthelicon.com) From: Pegasus Mc Cleaft Organization: Feathers To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:23:00 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/10.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.7.3; amd64; ; ) References: <20120119005735.218280@gmx.com> <4F177914.5090706@missouri.edu> <20120119031908.GB95131@DataIX.net> In-Reply-To: <20120119031908.GB95131@DataIX.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201201190623.00241.ken@mthelicon.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=15.0 tests=BAYES_00,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on hercules.mthelicon.com Cc: 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 06:25:07 -0000 > > > 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