-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 <snip> > > Anyway, I am a user, and I feel like I can respond. I have participated on > bugzilla, contributed some ebuilds, tried to get a project going (nvidia > unified drivers), and I never felt like I was not encouraged to > participate or that my contributions were not wanted or appreciated. In > fact, the only REALLY negative thing that happened was when Ciaran ripped > me a new a---hole because he objected to the line spacing I used in a > proposed ebuild. Not the ebuild itself, but the line spacing! > > I also took some flak on bugzilla for duplicate bugs or disputes over > validity of a bug report, etc. However, all of this eventually worked out. > > In a community as large as this, and as fast moving, control is important. > I disagree with your assessment of the dev test. I think it's important > for up and coming devs to know the rules and how to apply them. Especially > when it comes to having access to the tree. I also think it's important to > have rules. There is no such thing as a utopian society, and nothing will > ever satisfy all persons. A greatest good for the greatest number approach > seems reasonable (as John Stuart Mill proposed a few centuries ago). <snip>
Peter, First off thanks for your input. I'm currently working with userrel and bugdays to develop better systems to handle user contributions. We're currently working on updating the current bugday page. We've run up against a roadblock which we should be able to get by soon. After updating the current page we hope to introduce bug voting, search by skills and point rewards. Users will be able to tag bugs if they are working on them so users can work together. After a bug is closed the votes will be awarded to the user(s). Now its time to emphasize that these are separate bugzilla. Bug voting has been controversial but those who use bugs.g.o will not notice any difference. The points will be award by us to foster some friendly competition. Through this process I hope to groom more developers. Please feel free to give more feedback. Thanks, Scott -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEXoIP10ekhar8gdURAna1AJ98QleWu3sBEeGQTjf0dvynxFaMRgCaAxuZ CzUYG4oLGa98kX1n8SKh3Aw= =pKFW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
