[maemo-developers] adaptation of Extras QA hurdles

[From: Roman Morawek]

Hello Andrew,

On 25.01.2011 16:24, Andrew Flegg wrote:
> Agreed. Proposal:
> 
>   * The first page of http://maemo.org/profile/list/category/products/ are
>     given "track-record" status.
> 
>   * Other accounts can be given "track-record" status by two developers
>     who have "track-record" status or by two "super-testers" (an existing
>     flag).
> 
>   * Updates of packages from developers with track-record status have
>     the karma threshold reduced to 5 (from 10). However, negative votes
>     on such a package count as -1.5, rather than -1. New packages for
>     "track-record" status still have the same karma threshold.
> 
>   * The "super-tester" process stays as-is to catch the edge cases.

Thanks for your proposal!

I just want to remark, that this proposal would not change anything in
my specific situation. I'm not listed in the top-products-karma-page and
would still need 10 votes, which seems to take very long time.

I'm not sure how intensive the track-record delegation (point 2) would
be lived and whether this would help.

Maybe another solution is to have a higher weight on the votes
themselves. E.g. each thump up/down has a weight of
<voter's karma>/100+1?
It would still need 10 voters with low karma but a single "super guru"
could just release a package. Of course, positive voting for your own
package should be inhibited.

Regards,
Roman