Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:09:09 -0500 From: Jason Hellenthal <jhell@DataIX.net> To: Pegasus Mc Cleaft <ken@mthelicon.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting PRs fixed (was: Re: ...focus, longevity, and lifecycle) Message-ID: <20120119140909.GA76977@DataIX.net> In-Reply-To: <201201190623.00241.ken@mthelicon.com> References: <20120119005735.218280@gmx.com> <4F177914.5090706@missouri.edu> <20120119031908.GB95131@DataIX.net> <201201190623.00241.ken@mthelicon.com>
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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 =;
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