+1 to starting with limit of 5. *Ankit Chaurasia*
On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 1:08 AM Sumit Maheshwari <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 to having some limits, and 5 seems a good start to me. > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 1:05 AM Przemysław Mirowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > +1 to what Jarek and Vincent wrote. 5 as a cap sounds good. > > > > Best, > > Przemek > > > > On 2026/09/21 19:23:05 Jarek Potiuk wrote: > > > Correction: Thursday the 24th at 7:00pm CEST. - which is 72 hrs from > the > > > beginning of that thread, > > > > > > And one more comment: I thought for a long time about the metrics > > "Threads > > > vs. PRs". For me this is **embodiment** of community-aware, empathic > > > contributor - on the way to become a commmiter. And I **knew** - > because > > I > > > checked it before - that practically **all** committers have a very > high > > > number here. > > > > > > I deliberately never mentioned it in our discussions. As we all know, > > > anything you set as a goal stops being a useful metric. There are > always > > > ways to game the system. > > > > > > That's why I waited for quite a while to accumulate the data and showed > > > completely different numbers - and never discussed the thread vs. PRs > > idea > > > - to ensure this particular metric remained totally unbiased. > > > And - just for the record - this is the last time this metric will be > > > unbiased—now that we will publicly say we "care" about it. > > > > > > And here is Claude's analysis on those top-20. And my thinking is that > we > > > should care about the needs of groups in this way: A > B > C. > > > > > > ------------ > > > > > > Three buckets, all 24 (top-19 + the five-way tie at 6 open PRs) > > > > > > Bucket rule, stated up front so the borderline calls are visible: > > > engagement = others' threads per open PR (≥1.5 counts as engaged), > > quality > > > = all-time merge rate (≥40% healthy). I picked these thresholds to > match > > > where the data actually clusters - there's a real gap between 1.7 and > 0.8 > > > on engagement, and between 40% and 31% on the merge rate. > > > > > > --- > > > > > > A. Net reviewers — they give back more than they ask for (9 people, 103 > > > open PRs) > > > > > > ┌─────────────────┬──────┬─────────────────┬─────────┬─────────┐ > > > │ Author │ Open │ Threads/open PR │ Reviews │ Merge % │ > > > ├─────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ SameerMesiah97 │ 6 │ 60.3 │ 350 │ 90% │ > > > ├─────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ shivaam │ 6 │ 13.0 │ 55 │ 67% │ > > > ├─────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ Vamsi-klu │ 10 │ 10.8 │ 58 │ 38% │ > > > ├─────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ Andrushika │ 9 │ 4.6 │ 33 │ 79% │ > > > ├─────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ yuseok89 │ 12 │ 3.8 │ 49 │ 77% │ > > > ├─────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ steveahnahn │ 14 │ 3.2 │ 40 │ 59% │ > > > ├─────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ ColtenOuO │ 23 │ 2.6 │ 70 │ 59% │ > > > ├─────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ stephen-bracken │ 6 │ 2.3 │ 16 │ 56% │ > > > ├─────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ fat-catTW │ 17 │ 1.7 │ 33 │ 50% │ > > > └─────────────────┴──────┴─────────────────┴─────────┴─────────┘ > > > > > > Vamsi-klu is the odd one: 108 threads and 58 reviews (bucket-A > > engagement) > > > on a 38% merge rate. Placed here because the review effort is > > unambiguous. > > > fat-catTW and stephen-bracken are the borderline entries - drop the > > > threshold to 2.0 and fat-catTW moves out. > > > > > > B. Shippers, not reviewers - volume with normal merge rates (6 people, > > 115 > > > open PRs) > > > > > > ┌───────────────┬──────┬─────────────────┬─────────┬─────────┐ > > > │ Author │ Open │ Threads/open PR │ Reviews │ Merge % │ > > > ├───────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ Eason09053360 │ 35 │ 0.3 │ 13 │ 52% │ > > > ├───────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ 1fanwang │ 34 │ 0.8 │ 36 │ 40% │ > > > ├───────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ rjgoyln │ 27 │ 0.7 │ 34 │ 53% │ > > > ├───────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ Samin061 │ 7 │ 0.4 │ 4 │ 58% │ > > > ├───────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ jeff3071 │ 6 │ 0.3 │ 7 │ 46% │ > > > ├───────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ YAshhh29 │ 6 │ 0.2 │ 1 │ 45% │ > > > └───────────────┴──────┴─────────────────┴─────────┴─────────┘ > > > > > > The work lands—merge rates here are ordinary, some above > > committer-adjacent > > > levels—but the top three are carrying 96 open PRs between them while > > having > > > commented on 56 of other people's threads in total. 1fanwang sits > exactly > > > on the 40% line. > > > > > > C. Low engagement and low merge rate (9 people, 82 open PRs) > > > > > > ┌───────────────────┬──────┬─────────────────┬─────────┬─────────┐ > > > │ Author │ Open │ Threads/open PR │ Reviews │ Merge % │ > > > ├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ bujjibabukatta │ 16 │ 0.2 │ 5 │ 11% │ > > > ├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ anmolxlight │ 12 │ 0.4 │ 12 │ 31% │ > > > ├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ dheerenmohta │ 10 │ 0.2 │ 0 │ 28% │ > > > ├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ namanjain24-sudo │ 8 │ 1.1 │ 1 │ 11% │ > > > ├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ Kunal8954 │ 8 │ 0.8 │ 6 │ 20% │ > > > ├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ bramhanandlingala │ 8 │ 0.0 │ 1 │ 22% │ > > > ├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ zozo123 │ 7 │ 0.1 │ 6 │ 17% │ > > > ├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ GayathriSrividya │ 7 │ 0.0 │ 9 │ 22% │ > > > ├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ > > > │ nagasrisai │ 6 │ 0.7 │ 6 │ 29% │ > > > └───────────────────┴──────┴─────────────────┴─────────┴─────────┘ > > > > > > bramhanandlingala and GayathriSrividya have commented on zero threads > > they > > > didn't author. This bucket is 82 open PRs with an aggregate merge rate > > > around 21% - roughly four reviews spent per PR that eventually lands. > > > > > > > > > > > > J. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 9:09 PM Henry Chen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks Jarek and Vincent for the detailed data and perspective that > > > > context is really helpful. Seeing the actual numbers (especially that > > even > > > > the top contributors rarely hit 5 open PRs), a cap of 5 makes sense > to > > me > > > > as a starting point. Happy to go with it and adjust later if we find > > it's > > > > too tight in practice. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Henry > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > >
