Getting PRs fixed (was: Re: ...focus, longevity, and lifecycle)

[Devin Teske]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> hackers at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Dieter BSD
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:58 PM
> To: freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org
> Subject: Getting PRs fixed (was: Re: ...focus, longevity, and lifecycle)
> 
> Andriy writes:
> > And dealing with PRs is not always exciting.
> 
> Neither is brushing your teeth or cleaning the kitchen, but most of us manage to
> do them at least occasionally. Part of being a grown up.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Idea 1: Fix 'n' PRs, get a tee-shirt, fridge magnet, plush daemon, ...
> 

+1 (!)

But careful not to incentivize those that raise PRs to split a single PR into 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
> 
> 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

+1
-- 
Devin

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