[maemo-community] [Proposal] - Developers should get karma based on the relevance of their software

[From: Valerio Valerio]

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Quim Gil <quim.gil at nokia.com> wrote:

> Mmm... are we repeating here the brainstorming that has been running at
>
> http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/developers_should_get_karma_based_on_the_relevance_of_their_software/
> & http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31519?
>

well my intention was not repeat the original discussion, if you read my
mail you will noticed that those links are referred there, and I also
summarized the original discussion  and highlighted the proposal with more
consensus in order to reach a decision.

Why I used this channel ? Well a lot of people with valuable opinions are
here, as well the ones that will implement the solution, and I know some of
them don't have enough energy to follow 10000 TMO posts :).

If the community wants *everything* at TMO, I'm fine with it.

Best regards,

-- 
Valério Valério

http://www.valeriovalerio.org


>
>
> ext Andrew Flegg wrote:
> > Henri wrote:
> >> However, there are other factors we should look at:
> >>
> >> * Maemo Extras upload activity (how many builds, how far those
> >> builds went, what votes they got)
> >
> > Disagree. The past performance of the build shouldn't have any affect
> > on an application's karma. However, see below on thoughts about
> > -testing.
> >
> >> * Download numbers of applications as a factor used next to ratings
> >>
> >
> > Absolutely. However, like tmo posts this should probably be
> > sqrt($downloads).
> >
> >> * Ohloh kudos would give a wider "appreciation rating" in the free
> >> software world (http://www.ohloh.net/about/kudos)
> >
> > I think Ohloh is of little value to the small projects we've had in
> > Maemo to date.
> >
> >> * Maemo Extras testing activity (voting, comments)
> >
> > Yup, although we're trying to encourage a "testsquad" who'll test
> > everything so I don't know how we'd square that circle.
> >
> > One interesting thought: should a package *lose* karma if it gets a
> > high number of votes UP and then ISN'T promoted to Extras?
> > Effectively penalising a package for wasting testers' time?
> >
> >> * Maybe we could also dig up commits on Garage
> >
> > I thought developers already got karma for Garage activity (being on
> > a project AND commiting to projects).
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Andrew
> >
>
> --
> Quim Gil
> open source advocate
> Maemo Devices @ Nokia
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