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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] pre-GLEP: Gentoo Developer status
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:01:09
Message-Id: robbat2-20180423T193827-218462868Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] pre-GLEP: Gentoo Developer status by Kent Fredric
1 On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 05:24:41AM +1200, Kent Fredric wrote:
2 > On Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:22:48 +0100
3 > "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org> wrote:
4 >
5 > > -- if Dev does not set Devaway, and/or devaway period is over ~6months
6 > > (say) and activity has fallen to zero .. commit privs get automatically
7 > > revoked (by script, not by human). An automated email is sent out to
8 > > that Dev, encouraging them to contact [insert project here] (eg.
9 > > Council, ComReS, DevRel, etc) if there is good reason for the absence,
10 > > the privs can be reinstated after a petition has been received and reviewed.
11 >
12 > The problem here is that not all contribution is "visible" on any
13 > metrics system.
14 >
15 > This is only useful in regards to measuring *commit* contribution.
16 >
17 > But there are many other ways to contribute to Gentoo, and not all of
18 > them monitorable by automated tools.
19 In one of the threads leading up to this pre-GLEP, I proposed a
20 requiring testable metrics for all activity. It was dropped for
21 simplicity, as it's probably something that would merit it's own GLEP.
22
23 It would NOT be a way to measure >1 contribution, but just a way to show
24 the date of last contribution for each project where a dev is active.
25 Specifically it would NOT disclose what that action was (because the
26 action in itself may be protected/private information).
27
28 Commits: last commit date (on both public & private repos).
29 Bugzilla: last comment OR action date (even if the bug is private)
30 Forums: date of last post OR mod-action (even if the post or mod-action
31 is in a hidden/private forum)
32
33 Bugzilla & Commits already do this effectively, it would be exposing the
34 data more readily, and adding similar functionality for other projects.
35
36 Think like an IRC bot responding to '!seen', but it only tells you when
37 the person was seen [optionally for a specific project], and not exactly
38 what they were saying/doing.
39
40 --
41 Robin Hugh Johnson
42 Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer
43 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
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Re: [gentoo-project] pre-GLEP: Gentoo Developer status "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org>