Re: [Ksummit-2012-discuss] [ATTEND or not ATTEND] That's thequestion!

[Richard Cochran]

On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 11:54:52AM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 01:43:06PM +0400, Glauber Costa wrote:
> > The same way we have checkpatch, we can have something automated that
> > will attempt to rule out some trivial patches in the counting process.
> > We can scan a patch, and easily determine if each part of it is:
> > 
> > * pure whitespace
> > * pure Documentation change
> > * comment fix
> > 
> > And if a patch is 100 % comprised by those, we simply don't count it.
> > People that just want to increase their numbers - they will always
> > exist, will tend to stop doing that. Simply because doing it will not
> > help them at all.
> 
> OTOH, documentation changes or comment fixes, and even sometimes pure whitespace
> fixes, can be very valuable contributions. This can be a useful and ungrateful
> work and that deserve credit.
> 
> We just can't find an automated and right way to evaluate a contribution.

Well what about submitters and maintainers labeling patches below the
SOB with tags like the following?

   Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>
   Tags: docu whitespace trivial

Part of the review would be making sure the labels fit.

Thanks,
Richard
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