Re: Fedora Developer Ranking System v1

[Warren Togami <wtogami redhat com>]

Havoc Pennington wrote:
> bugzilla "points" works relatively well because it's simple and 
> transparent, requires no extra work, but most importantly because the 
> points are interpreted by humans and not computers. If I have a lot of 
> bugzilla points it just means people know I spent a lot of time in 
> bugzilla, and then they use that knowledge wisely.

I suspect a points system would be good, but we could perhaps improve on 
this...

- Points in itself is not a hard indicator of merit or promotion 
eligibility, just a strong hint of the contributor's value to the project.
- Earning points is logarithmic.  You shouldn't earn a super high score 
by doing an inordinate amount of one thing.  Points should perhaps 
reward doing different things more than plenty of the same thing.
- Points shouldn't be just for Bugzilla activity, there other potential 
sources.
- Points might accrue for consistent activity, and gradually fall if you 
stop participating.  (Note, points have no relation with access levels, 
so people who participate without care for points to maintain only 
specific packages don't need to care about maintaining consistent activity.)

(just some brainstorming)

Warren