Linking negative karma points to a reported bug

[drago01]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Jóhann B. Guðmundsson
> <johannbg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just bringing this topic to the appropriate mailing list
>>
>> On the last kernel meeting [1] it was suggested negative karma points should
>> be linked to a reported bug which kinda makes sense if you think about it.
>>
>> What that means is that you ( as in reporter ) will no longer be able to
>> provide negative karma without linking it to an already existing bug report
>> either created by your or someone else if that came to be.
>
> Is there such a surplus of people testing things and providing
> negative karma that it's acceptable to refuse any that doesn't come
> with a bug report? And is the pain of bugless negative karma so great
> that it will overcome the cost of an additional mandatory step in the
> karma reporting process?

IMO it should be optional but recommended. Enforcing it is not a good idea.

> Why not start by sending email nags to people who've added negative
> karma but who haven't provided a buglink?

Well sending nag mails can become annoying resulting into people no
longer providing karma.