On 31 Oct 2008, at 5:42 PM, Darren Oh wrote:
Could we add a Digg-like button to issues that would promote them to a popular issues page?
or or or , how about a fund that every patch you review that gets committed nets you credits toward beer. actually, i'm just being facetious , but perhaps making the 'developer cred' a bit more formal might help. Think of it like a 'did you find this review helpful' on imdb, which gives feedback to reviewers who give good reviews, and lends more weight to their reviews on whatever project. Same could be said for answering support requests. We already maintain statistics on active developers, and project usage, how about a method of encouraging people to give better reviews, and moving beyond having to know people personally before trusting their reviews, but instead gaining trust across all projects. For a large part, answering support requests and doing patch reviews (of patches not specifically related to any of your problems), can be a thankless and time consuming job. Perhaps we should be more visible about thanking and honoring those who help us become a better project. Doesn't have to be very complex, just a simple toggle rating on comments that answer specific questions, ideally only open to only the people who created the issue, or admin the project being posted to.