Mozilla 1.0 is coming, and we need more help. I thought of a neat incentive for developers/triagers, when I was looking at the old bugathon page. Let's give them some recognition! It would be an award system in Mozilla for developers and bug triagers. Basically, it would work like this: There would be three new fields added to show_bug.cgi: Rating: ______ +-Contributors----+ | Patchers:______ | | Triagers:______ | +-----------------+ The patchers and triagers field could be filled by anyone with bug-altering permissions, or by any patcher or triager with a certain ranking. You should add someone to either patchers or triagers if you believe that they have done a significant portion of the work for the bug. Rules: Must have permission. This is no place to argue. Really, the owner or QA should be the only one filling these out unless the owner/QA is too tied up or hasn't done anything with the bug. The owner, module owner (if he/she doesn't own the bug) and QA automatically get a small amount of points just for owning/QAing a bug. If someone feels that they have gone above the call of duty, fixed the bug, etc, then they can be added to the list by someone other than themselves. You cannot add yourself!!! Triaging: Small bugs - Maybe only a statement of "Thie belongs in Bugscape" would do. Large bugs - There might be tons of people added to the list. Anyone who seems to have put a lot of effort (more than most) into this bug should be put on the list. Inluded are people who changed status and test case makers. Developing: Small bugs - Usually who provided the code and patch. Large bugs - Many people - includes the person who put it on CVS, patcher, reviewers, people who came up with the ideas of what needs to be fixed, and technical guiders. Use your judgement. There is a limit of 8 people per field. Any squabbles over who should be added to be settled by QA and owner/module owner. The owner/QA and module owner can lock the two contributor's fields so no one else can change it except the QA module owner and owner if they think its getting out of hand. Anyone who has contributed a reasonable amount of useful comments can be added People blatantly adding things to a bug in order to get put on the list should be ignored and possibly warned. The rating could be filled out by ANYONE WHO HAS BUGZILLA ACCESS. It is for a number from 1-5 based on a two teir system. 1: Severity 2: Difficulty to fix If a bug is both difficult and severe, it should get a 4. If it is just difficult or just severe, it might get a 2-4. If it is just a wimpy little bug, it should get a 1. The current average will be placed next to the field. Scoring per bug: based on average rating (which is an integer btw that can't be less than 1). Each person in the field would be given the average rating. Owners, QA, and module owners all get 2 points (sometimes in addition to their listing score) per bug for triaging fields automatically. Bonus (3) points are added to each of the listed people if the bug is marked mostfeq, or have a certain number of votes Bonus (2) points for certain keywords such as dogfood, catfood, hang, dataloss or if a bug is marked blocker Bonus (1) point is added to the listed people if the bug is an enhancement bug or has the keywords perf or polish. Each bug has a page (cgi) to show who got what points and what each person ranked the bug. A QA or owner can override a person's ranking if they have due cause to believe that person is trying to rig the system. If it is overrided, then it is the same as if the person never ranked the bug. A person who is abusing the ranking system can have their ranking abilities turned off. The Bugzilla Recognition Page: There will be two top-20 lists sorted by points on the front page. There will also be a search util to find info about a certain person on bugzilla (i.e. what ranks they are). Rankings will be one of these (change the names if you like): Triaging ranks: Newbie >= 25 points Flyswatter >= 50 points Bugzapper >= 125 points Anteater >= 450 points Exterminator >= 900 points Developing ranks: Newbie >= 10 points Coder >= 25 points XPWizard >= 75 points Hacker >= 200 points Goatmaster >= 500 points People with at least a newbie ranking can also add a link to their personal home page. There will be a list of the last 20 people to attain a new rank and what rank they attained.
