Michael Schwendt mschwendt@gmail.com wrote:
We've always had the rule of thumb that packagers should not vote for their own updates. It is assumed that the packagers test their own updates and don't need to be explicit about their confidence in the update with karma points in bodhi.
One goal of the update acceptance criteria for pre-releases is also that _anyone_ gets an opportunity to try out a test-update before it is marked stable.
Anyway, I think I've seen counted "self-votes" also for older dists, but not done by many packagers.
What about to counteract "misplaced" karma? Example:
- Bug exists in version X.Y - Update filed for X.Y+1 - User reports that bug still exists with -1 karma - Maintainer replies with +1 karma that bug is not expected to be fixed
--Ben