Fedora Developer Ranking System v1

[Matthias Saou]

Bill Nottingham wrote :

> Overly complex. Why do you need 7 levels, somewhat obtuse names, etc, when
> we realistically have just four groups:
> 
> - new/training/probationary members
> - members
> - sponsors
> - admins
> 
> If we want a mechanism to reward people for contributions to the
> project, I'd suggest something like the bugzilla points system:
> 
>   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=points.html
> 
> This allows an easy view of users, while rewarding:
> 
> - packaging (through reviews and new packages)
> - bug reporting
> - bug fixing
> - bug triaging
> 
> That allows it to be valid for even larger groups of users.

After seeing so many situations in which individuals chase "points",
often for no good reason [1], like forum posts, ftp/torrent upload
amounts... I'm pretty sure that groups could stay the ones that Bill
lists, and that we would all feel a little boost in motivation by
having these bugzilla points (or something similar) set up. This would
allow some effort recognition, and would allow us to quickly identify
who we are dealing with in a package review. I'm all for it.

> Moreover...
> 
[...]
> Something like this seems to be to be excessive policy for the sake
> of having policy. This isn't debian.

Exactly.

Matthias

[1] : The "Pokemon" syndrome, "catch'em all"... which reminds me a
phrase from a Garfield stip : "It's not the having, it's the getting".

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