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

[Jason Hellenthal]

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...

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