Hi,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Quim Gil <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quim.gil@nokia.com">quim.gil@nokia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Mmm... are we repeating here the brainstorming that has been running at<br>
<div class="im"><a href="http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/developers_should_get_karma_based_on_the_relevance_of_their_software/" target="_blank">http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/developers_should_get_karma_based_on_the_relevance_of_their_software/</a><br>
</div>& <a href="http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31519" target="_blank">http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31519</a>?<br></blockquote><div><br>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.<br>
<br>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 :).<br>
<br>If the community wants *everything* at TMO, I'm fine with it.<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>-- <br>Valério Valério<br><br><a href="http://www.valeriovalerio.org">http://www.valeriovalerio.org</a><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<br>
ext Andrew Flegg wrote:<br>
> Henri wrote:<br>
>> However, there are other factors we should look at:<br>
>><br>
>> * Maemo Extras upload activity (how many builds, how far those<br>
>> builds went, what votes they got)<br>
><br>
> Disagree. The past performance of the build shouldn't have any affect<br>
> on an application's karma. However, see below on thoughts about<br>
> -testing.<br>
><br>
>> * Download numbers of applications as a factor used next to ratings<br>
>><br>
><br>
> Absolutely. However, like tmo posts this should probably be<br>
> sqrt($downloads).<br>
><br>
>> * Ohloh kudos would give a wider "appreciation rating" in the free<br>
>> software world (<a href="http://www.ohloh.net/about/kudos" target="_blank">http://www.ohloh.net/about/kudos</a>)<br>
><br>
> I think Ohloh is of little value to the small projects we've had in<br>
> Maemo to date.<br>
><br>
>> * Maemo Extras testing activity (voting, comments)<br>
><br>
> Yup, although we're trying to encourage a "testsquad" who'll test<br>
> everything so I don't know how we'd square that circle.<br>
><br>
> One interesting thought: should a package *lose* karma if it gets a<br>
> high number of votes UP and then ISN'T promoted to Extras?<br>
> Effectively penalising a package for wasting testers' time?<br>
><br>
>> * Maybe we could also dig up commits on Garage<br>
><br>
> I thought developers already got karma for Garage activity (being on<br>
> a project AND commiting to projects).<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> Andrew<br>
><br>
<br>
--<br>
</div></div><font color="#888888">Quim Gil<br>
open source advocate<br>
Maemo Devices @ Nokia<br>
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