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    SubjectRe: [Ksummit-2012-discuss] [ATTEND or not ATTEND] That's the question!
    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@gmail.com>
    Tags: docu whitespace trivial

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

    Thanks,
    Richard


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