On 12/05/2013 05:48 PM, Pascal Bleser wrote:
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Ancor Gonzalez Sosa
wrote: [...] The main goal of this mail is to present another idea that was already discussed during the recent openSUSE Summit: the Karmafication of the openSUSE infrastructure. People there liked the idea and some related topics have already been raised in the last days on both Factory and Project mailing lists, so we bring the idea here for wider debate and especially to get input from you all.
Where can Karmafication be useful? [...]
Hi Ancor. It is a pity that it doesn't built on the thoughts that have already been made on that (or a similar) approach, but that's okay, let's think and talk.
Where will Karmafication fail:
3. Motivation There are areas in openSUSE that do not get the love and attention they deserve in both technical and non-technical terms. People who work on them should be recognized and rewarded. So that's the idea of open source projects? Rewards? Reputation? Elite? Guys..... really.... ? [...]
What do you think about the whole idea? Worst idea I've heard in a long time, honestly.
Would you like openSUSE to be the first distribution with a karma-driven development process? Absolutely not. It pretty much goes against everything this project and community stands for.
cheers, Pascal.
I share the view of Pascal. My view is those of us who contribute, find our motivation and reward in many ways. One of the reasons I have stuck with openSUSE these many years is the return I have received for my contributions, where that 'return' required no 'karma points' to quantify, but rather came via other methods. I am very happy with what I have received in return and I do not believe in trying to assign rewards for contributions. I believe trying to quantify contributions via points could in fact drive some of us away, as we could be dissatisfied with how the points are allocated. Lets not open this pandora's box of what I believe could be rewards for the sake of rewards, and for many of the wrong reasons. Lee aka oldcpu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org