Open Stack

On 2014-02-14 13:48, Russell Bryant wrote:
> On 02/13/2014 08:53 AM, Sean Dague wrote:
>> The delays on reviews for relatively trivial fixes I think is
>> something that is probably more demotivating to new folks than the
>> lack of badges. So some ability to keep on top of that I think
>> would be really great.
> 
> Sure, I agree.  I still think badges just sound fun.  :-)
> 
> It's at least something that can be automated.  Mentoring and such is
> important, of course, but takes a much bigger time investment from a
> much bigger group of people.
> 
> I think we can view improving mentoring and on-boarding as a slightly
> different but related issue than badges, which could be a fun way to
> recognize and reward contributions.

As an added bonus, if I'm looking for someone who knows about doing 
$SOMETHING in OpenStack, I could potentially just go look up who has the 
$SOMETHING badge and ask them.

To me it mostly comes down to how much work it ends up being.  If it 
takes a huge effort to make this happen then there are probably better 
places to spend that effort.  But if we can make it happen without a 
huge investment of time then I think it could be worthwhile.

-Ben