On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 3:37 AM, Jonathan Lange <j...@mumak.net> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Francis J. Lacoste > <francis.laco...@canonical.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On IRC, Jonathan suggested that it would nice for contributors to have a >> practical list of suggestions to offset their tech-debt for their >> contributions. >> >> https://dev.launchpad.net/PolicyAndProcess/MaintenanceCosts >> >> I've created the HitList subpage which gives some suggestions, based on >> the IRC discussion and Robert's suggestions when the policy was announced. >> >> https://dev.launchpad.net/PolicyAndProcess/MaintenanceCosts/HitList >> >> Feel free to enhance it with your ideas. > > Thanks! > > I'd rather raise ideas here in case because they probably need refinement: > > * reduce test suite run time without reducing coverage > * improve test suite coverage (I assume this bypasses LoC restrictions?) > * something about making tests more focused > > I'd add something about improving Launchpad's developer documentation, > but to be honest, I think it needs something radical to happen to it > before mere additions count as improvements.
Agreed. On the MaintenanceCost examples, most of the hitlist was drawn before we settled on LoC as a proxy metric experiment; so - sadly - many of them will need a waiver from Francis or I. Colin Watson has been doing a bunch of contributions recently and has managed to find LoC improvements to offset his work; perhaps he could describe his process for finding such? -Rob _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : launchpad-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
