Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Maintainer burnout

Dan Carpenter
2023-09-13T09:02:27Z

On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 09:23:18PM +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> Let's say you're completely sure you found an issue with the patch. Why
> not just stay silent, hope that nobody catches it, and then submit your
> own patch later to fix it? That will get your name in the log. Even
> worse, if it's a security issue you can maybe write an exploit for it
> and either get a bounty from Google or sell it for serious $$$ to
> various malicious actors. [Note that I'm not saying most people would do
> this; I don't know. I am just using it as an example to show that the
> incentives are disproportionate.]

Every year, I say that there should be a tag for people who find bugs
during reviews (no credit for style complaints) "Bug-fix-from:". I
think it would be a lot of fun to collect these tags. The whole tagging
system is already gamified so we might as well use it to encourage good
behavior.

regards,
dan carpenter