On 04/08/2016 03:04 PM, Doug Wiegley wrote: > >> On Apr 8, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Davanum Srinivas <dava...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Team, >> >> Steve pointed out to a problem in Stackalytics: >> https://twitter.com/stevebot/status/718185667709267969 >> >> It's pretty clear what's happening if you look here: >> https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:openstack-infra%2540lists.openstack.org+status:open >> >> Here's the drastic step (i'd like to avoid): >> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/303545/ >> >> What do you think? > > Is it really worth trying to stop the folks that will game the system? That > is a never-ending arms race. > > Has anyone ever been made core or had some influence purely by pumping > stacklytics? I haven’t seen it, since that usually requires personal > relationships that are far more important than numbers. > > Are they using the numbers for some internal company purpose maybe? If so, > how does it matter to any of us? > > Chasing this tail just takes time away from useful things, IMO. > > doug
The shame of it is that at least one of the folks wasting their time with this has the ability to become a beneficial contributor including useful reviews. I do hope that drawing attention to their activity will motivate them to re-evaluate and perhaps engage in behaviour that is both needed and valued. I do agree with you though Doug, to most people this already is obvious. Thanks, Anita. > > >> >> Thanks, >> Dims >> >> -- >> Davanum Srinivas :: https://twitter.com/dims >> >> __________________________________________________________________________ >> OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) >> Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
