From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1F8QEV-0001p2-0B for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:02:19 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1CN0l6I010531; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:00:47 GMT Received: from flint.service.rug.nl (flint.service.rug.nl [129.125.36.9]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1CMw3Q6018668 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:58:03 GMT Received: from minotaur.localdomain (flits102-164.flits.rug.nl [129.125.102.164]) by flint.service.rug.nl (8.12.10.Beta2/8.12.10.Beta2) with ESMTP id k1CMw2qu015694 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:58:03 +0100 (MET) Received: from minotaur.localdomain (cyclops.localdomain [192.168.0.2]) by minotaur.localdomain (Postfix) with SMTP id ADF6D10240 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:58:02 +0100 (CET) Received: by minotaur.localdomain (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:58:02 +0100 Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:58:02 +0100 From: Marien Zwart To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Bugzilla etiquette suggestions Message-ID: <20060212225802.GA11542@cyclops.localdomain> References: <43EFA485.4060709@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=SHA1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="envbJBWh7q8WU6mo" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43EFA485.4060709@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: f7c43b76-3ff3-43cd-aa17-90b67613f983 X-Archives-Hash: cdd1ef7a70b014549a816760aba72d71 --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 09:11:33PM +0000, Daniel Drake wrote: > I wrote most of this a while ago but didn't get round to finishing it.=20 > This seems appropriate at this time, so here it is :) >=20 > Here are some small *suggestions* for how I think we can motivate users= =20 > on Bugzilla to contribute more, and to contribute more often. I'm not=20 > suggesting this be enforced as policy, but it would be nice to see other= =20 > developers giving this some thought. I'm far from perfect here, but I am= =20 > working on sticking to my own suggestions more and more. Agree with and try to follow most of this myself, but I'm hesitant about: > 4. Give the user a chance to make minor corrections >=20 > If a user contributes a patch/ebuild which is slightly wrong, and the=20 > issue is non-critical, don't immediately correct it on their behalf and= =20 > commit it to get the bug out of the way. >=20 > Instead, provide an explanation of their mistake and give the user a day= =20 > or two to correct it and attach an updated version. This has the bonuses= =20 > that the user definately won't repeat that mistake in future=20 > contributions, and they will have the nice feeling of full credit for=20 > the contribution after you name them in the ChangeLog :) >=20 > If they don't respond in that time, make the correction yourself and=20 > commit it anyway. I think this is too much effort, especially for small corrections. I tend to fix them myself, commit with a message like "...based on an ebuild from ... (bug #....)" and comment on the bug like "Committed with minor changes". It would probably be a good thing if I went into a bit more detail about what the "minor changes" were and why I made them, I guess :) > I think a short note of thanks in the bugzilla comment can go a long way= =20 > (suggestion: thank them for something in particular so that it doesn't=20 > sound so generic). I am extremely bad at the "not sounding generic" bit... :( --=20 Marien. --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBD7716W78445TWHXcRAiwTAJ9lMRmDlojcAdYh2VHjRtPZuVzJEACfVMOf aX5iuqE6OAaRPEWcMqUrZP8= =TxDH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list