On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 17:45:11 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
wrote:
Patches in bugzilla might end up being turned into a PR by
someone who feels that they want to spend their time submitting
other peope's patches as PR's on github, but not many
developers are going to do that. So, if you post patches to
bugzilla, the odds are high that they will just rot.
If those patches actually fix bugs (rather than changing syntax)
then there is a process problem. For just about any online
community that is growing the following process is needed:
1. Lower barriers to entry, encourage participation.
2. Provide social rewards for contributions.
3. Retain users by perceived social investments.
One of strongest social validation effects you can get is
mentoring. Someone "taking you under their wing" and investing in
you. Someone taking a half-baked patch and turning it into a
bugfix and giving the contributor positive feedback can address
2. and 3. above. Very valuable.
