On 02/23/2009 09:09 AM, Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/2/23 Eddie Martinez<[email protected]>:
>
>> History and reference I would say. ability to track who did the most bugs
>> over a release cycle, over a day, within a geographical region.
>>
>
> I'd say not. It's not a competition, it's a bug jam. The goal is to
> deal with as many bugs in a high quality fashion, not to 'beat'
> another team.
>
> I've been made aware that at least one team viewed it pretty much
> purely as a competition _first_ and an opportunity to contribute to
> Ubuntu _second_. Perception Fail in my opinion.
>
> Now of course, so long as we get lots of quality contributions, does
> it matter? Debatable. Some might not highlight the "quality" motif if
> they know the "quantity" will get them more kudos/karma/whatever.
>
>
I entirely agree. The reason why I like stats is to see how the entire
jam is going. I am personally far less interested in which team is
winning, but I am interested in how many bugs as a whole were touched.
I think the only way to get this balance right is for LoCo leaders to
ensure that the focus is right: helping Ubuntu be a better distro as
opposed to whupping a team on numbers. :)
Jono
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