Re: [gentoo-project] Comrel Improvements: Expectations of Privacy

[Daniel Campbell]

On 10/03/2016 09:00 AM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
> On Friday, September 30, 2016 8:59:15 PM EDT Rich Freeman wrote:
>>
>> The Issue
>> Recently there has been some questioning of whether we have the right
>> balance of privacy in Comrel disputes.
>
> Anonymous stats can be produced and released without releasing any private
> information.
>
> Such as but not limited to the following:
>
> # of cases brought to comrel
> # of cases resolved amicably
> # of warnings issued
> # of cases resulting in policing action, suspension, ban, etc
> # of developers kicked/booted
> # of developers recruited
>
> For each of the above, there would be another field, # of comrel members who
> voted or took part in such action. That will show if it is just individuals
> having their way, or if comrel is working as a team. May even go so far as to
> record votes, x number for, x number against for each.
>
> There could be more, but such information is very useful. All of such will
> provide a measure of accountability. It does not reveal any sensitive
> information. This would be like annually at minimum, monthly at maximum.
>
> This could even be produced retroactively so we could see if this had an
> impact on the project at any given point in time. I suspect that might be the
> case in the past.
>
I really like this idea. We already have a script that tells us the
latest additions and removals for ebuilds; why not something for
developers as well? It could give us concrete ideas of not only how
Comrel is 'performing', but also how proxy-maint or other recruiting
avenues are increasing our staffing to meet bug or package maintenance
demands.

Of course, I don't think writing that script would be quite as easy, so
one or two stats at a time would be a great start.

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