Re: Kudos for Reviewers -- straw poll

On 25.06.2013 20:17, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Hackers,
>
> I'd like to take a straw poll here on how we should acknowledge
> reviewers.  Please answer the below with your thoughts, either on-list
> or via private email.
>
> How should reviewers get credited in the release notes?
>
> a) not at all
> b) in a single block titled "Reviewers for this version" at the bottom.
> c) on the patch they reviewed, for each patch

a)

Sometimes a reviewer contributes greatly to the patch, revising it and 
rewriting parts of it. At that point, it's not just a review anymore, 
and he/she should be mentioned in the release notes as a co-author.

> Should there be a criteria for a "creditable" review?
>
> a) no, all reviews are worthwhile
> b) yes, they have to do more than "it compiles"
> c) yes, only code reviews should count

This is one reason why I answered a) above. I don't want to set a criteria.

> Should reviewers for 9.4 get a "prize", such as a t-shirt, as a
> promotion to increase the number of non-submitter reviewers?
>
> a) yes
> b) no
> c) yes, but submitters and committers should get it too

a).

I don't think we should make any promises, though. Just arbitrarily send 
a t-shirt when you feel that someone has done a good job reviewing other 
people's patches. And I'm not sure it's really worth the trouble, to 
arrange the logistics etc.

- Heikki