[phobos] Upping the number of bugzilla votes from 10 to 100

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Yes, that would be great.

Andrei

On 12/8/10 1:04 PM, David Simcha wrote:
> If we want a more analog system, I'd say give every user 100 votes and
> allow more than one to be used on a single bug.  This way, bugs that are
> a huge PITA can can be given a lot of votes and ones that are a little
> annoying can be given a few, instead of each user having to make an
> all-or-nothing decision.
>
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Steve Schveighoffer <schveiguy at yahoo.com
> <mailto:schveiguy at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     All upping the votes does is allow me to vote for my top 100 bugs
>     instead of top
>     10.
>
>
>     Every time I was about to exceed 9 votes (i.e. wanted to vote for a
>     bug, but
>     I've already voted for 9), there was inevitably a bug that I
>     previously voted
>     for that was closed.  So I haven't really even reached the 10 vote
>     limit.  If
>     you up to 100, you might as well make them unlimited.
>
>     The 10-vote system scales well with more users because each user
>     gets 10 votes.
>     I'd say leave it as is.
>
>     -Steve
>
>
>
>     ----- Original Message ----
>      > From: Andrei Alexandrescu <andrei at erdani.com
>     <mailto:andrei at erdani.com>>
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>      > Sent: Wed, December 8, 2010 3:39:57 PM
>      > Subject: [phobos] Upping the number of bugzilla votes from 10 to 100
>      >
>      > Hello,
>      >
>      >
>      > Following the 64-bit release we'll focus generally on fixing
>       bugs. I am
>      >mulling over a good strategy for that, and I think part of it
>     would  be to use
>      >community input.
>      >
>      > We currently have 10 votes limit per user.  This number was
>     meaningful when D
>      >had few users, but now that there are more  users and reporters
>     (and bug
>      >reports, heh) we can start leveraging the power of  statistics.
>      >
>      > To that end, I think it would help if we increased the number  of
>     votes per
>      >person from 10 to 100. That would help us get a smooth function of
>       the pain
>      >that people are incurring for each bug.
>      >
>      > Let me know of what you  think.
>      >
>      >
>      > Andrei
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