Re: Re: PHP Annual Bughunt!

I suggest you apply for an CVS account. As I said, I like the idea too. - Markus On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 02:30:35PM -0300, Manuel Lemos wrote : > Hello, > > On 07/02/2002 04:22 AM, Markus Fischer wrote: > >>Actually nothing stops you to make it daily bug hunt. The issue is why > >>splitting in bug packs will make people spend more time fixing bugs than > >>before? > >> > >>Basically, the compensation for fixing any bugs is the same, so I don't > >>see many new bug fixers coming. > >> > >>This is why I suggested the bug fixers ranking. Actually it used to > >>exist in the past versions of the bug tracking app. > > > > > > If you haven't noticed, this post was very popular and people > > having free time jumped around like babies to grab their > > favourite bug hunting chapter so I call it a big success ever > > on day one now :-) Everything you suggested makes sense, but > > as we see that people are already on the bandwagon the > > question is if it's really worth the time when it already > > works ;) > > I think you are overestimating the success too soon. The question is are > all bug packs that were requested fixed? Of course not. > > The problem is always the same. This is voluntary work. People can only > give the time they have now. Soon or later they will have other > prioritary things in their lives and all the people that you see today > coming back most likely will not be as available while the bug count > never stops growing. > > What I suggested is to motivate more people to come by provided public > recognition instead of remainining basically anonymous which is almost > what they get today. People would still come and go, but showing the > ranking in a public page would tease new bug fixers to keep coming and > become recognized too. > > I am not just guessing that this would work. I am sure it works as it > has been working for years in the PHP Classes site (Sorry Sterling, I > can only share the experience I have). > > As you know, in this page you can see all sorts of rankings that > recognize the contributions that the users made to the site. > > http://www.phpclasses.org/browse.html/top/top.html > > It provides recognition not only to the users that contributed to the > site with their own classes (now near 300) but also users that brought > new subscribers to the site in an initiative that is called Friends of > the PHP Classes site. > > http://www.phpclasses.org/friends.html > > I have more initiatives to provide recognition to mirror sites, user > groups, partner sites, training companies, consulting companies, etc., > but the principle is the same, exhibit their names publically for > something that they have done to contribute to the increase of the site > audience. > > This atitude of the site is what I call Fair Exchange. It provides > something to get something in return. It also tends to reward more those > that provide greater return to the site. > > > By this time already figured that you guys have fallen yourselves into > the trap of rejecting all ideas of Manuel Lemos. I admit that somehow I > expected that. I do not expect you to reckon that this is a good idea > that could boost the number of contributors that help fixing PHP bugs > much faster, so I do not expect you to implement anything like I > suggested, despite it already existed a long time ago. > > So, do not bother with any excuses for not doing it because it is clear > that the single point you will not do it is because Manuel Lemos > suggested. Maybe some day you grow up and change your attitude towards > myself reckoning that I am only making these suggestions because I think > they can provide a better future for PHP. > > -- > > Regards, > Manuel Lemos > > > -- > PHP Quality Assurance Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- GnuPG Key: http://guru.josefine.at/~mfischer/C2272BD0.asc Did I help you? http://guru.josefine.at/wish_en Konnte ich helfen? http://guru.josefine.at/wish_de "uhmm.. the dates in the bug db.. aren't they printed a bit wrong, i mean, did i miss when we changed to 53 days/month ( +2002-02-53) ? =P - N0v3ll