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List:       mozilla-documentation
Subject:    Re: Help wanted: documentation on filing, reviewing, and mentaining
From:       dwx <danielwang5168 () aol ! com>
Date:       2002-08-27 23:57:59
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Nigel, you suggested this. Would you like to submit this idea to the
QA people for consideration?

Nigel McFarlane wrote:
> The alternative, then, is a (shudder) reward system:
> 
> Separate to bug submission, build a report that shows the number of
> comments per submitted bug, per submitter. Order the list
> starting with submitters whose bugs are resolved with the
> least comments/in the least time - a "hall of fame" for
> time-efficient bug submissions.
> 
> Yes, such a system is skewed against people taking on tough
> bugs, but not as much as you might think - tough bugs
> benefit from more up-front analysis too.

And this also biases toward people with full Bugzilla access too

> It then becomes a point of pride for bug submitters to get
> near the top of the list. The only way to do this is
> to prep. their bug reports extensively.
> 
> This is an out-of-channel solution that requires no
> enhancements to the bug submission/resolution process,
> and still achieves the goal of providing feedback to submitters
> on the efficiency of their style.
> 
> Such a system could be spammed, but a simple filter on the
> report's selection criteria could pick that up.
> 
> - Nigel.


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