What's the reason for not accepting karma from Bodhi submitter

[Julian Leyh]

2012/8/20 Andre Robatino <robatino at fedoraproject.org>:
> Julian Leyh <julian <at> vgai.de> writes:
>
>>
>> 2012/8/20 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones <at> redhat.com>:
>> >
>> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/qemu-1.2-0.3.20120806git3e430569.fc18
>> >
>> > I built the package, and I tested it.  Yet doing the right thing means
>> > my karma doesn't count ...
>> >
>> > IMO this change makes the karma system (even) worse than before.
>> >
>> > Rich.
>>
>> If you submit it, it means you already tested and approved it. Karma
>> from you gives no new (quality) information about the package. It
>> should be tested by independent people.
>
> That's not necessarily true. The packager might build for F16, F17, and F18,
> say, but not actually have all those systems to test on (even in a VM). So karma
> would in fact give additional information. IMO packagers should be treated the
> same as anyone else regarding karma. If they abuse the privilege, it can be
> taken away individually, the same as any other tester.

Okay, seeing it from this view does make sense.