Request For Candidates: Application Review Board

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Friday, August 13, 2010 7:20:32 pm Rick Spencer wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 19:16 -0400, Luke Faraone wrote:
> > On 08/13/2010 07:06 PM, Rick Spencer wrote:
> > > For your #2, it seems that the pressure for more reviewers will come if
> > > there are more apps to be reviewed. I'm not clear on why the apps being
> > > bound for one repository or another will significantly change that
> > > equation, but I'll take your word for it.
> > 
> > I think the issue William was trying to bring up is that we'll be
> > splitting reviews across two different locations, thus requiring
> > 
> > reviewers to either:
> >  A) follow both sites, and now I have two places to check
> >  B) choose one, and now there's one less potential reviewer for the
> > 
> > other site
> 
> Ah, that make sense. I guess I'm being to optimistic to hope that an
> exciting new feature would attract new talent and rather expand the pool
> for reviewers rather than stretch the current pool ever thinner.

I find it unlikely that "oh look there's a new way to get packages in that 
doesn't involve heading down the MOTU path, but it needs more reviewers" is 
going to lead to lots of shiny new people thinking "oh I should go down the 
MOTU path so I can help with reviewing."

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Mackenzie Morgan
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