Nigel, you suggested this. Would you like to submit this idea to the QA people for consideration?
Nigel McFarlane wrote: > The alternative, then, is a (shudder) reward system: > > Separate to bug submission, build a report that shows the number of > comments per submitted bug, per submitter. Order the list > starting with submitters whose bugs are resolved with the > least comments/in the least time - a "hall of fame" for > time-efficient bug submissions. > > Yes, such a system is skewed against people taking on tough > bugs, but not as much as you might think - tough bugs > benefit from more up-front analysis too. And this also biases toward people with full Bugzilla access too > It then becomes a point of pride for bug submitters to get > near the top of the list. The only way to do this is > to prep. their bug reports extensively. > > This is an out-of-channel solution that requires no > enhancements to the bug submission/resolution process, > and still achieves the goal of providing feedback to submitters > on the efficiency of their style. > > Such a system could be spammed, but a simple filter on the > report's selection criteria could pick that up. > > - Nigel.
