Guide to setting karma thresholds?

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:43:42AM -0500, Michael Ekstrand wrote:
> I'm working on pushing my first bugfix to F15 (#711261), using the
> guides I found in the wiki[1][2].  For a non-critical-path package, the
> Update Policy says that it needs to meet the positive karma threshold
> set by the submitter, but does not indicate what that threshold should
> be or guidance for determining appropriate values.  The default is 3;
> I'm assuming that leaving it there is a reasonable thing to do (and I
> won't be surprised if the 7-day criteria will be hit first for this
> package).
> 
> However, I am still wondering: is there any guidance or policy published
> on how to determine appropriate karma thresholds?  What justifies
> increasing or decreasing the thresholds?  Userbase?  Impact of change?

I always leave them as the defaults.

Rich.

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