2009/11/17 David Fetter <david@fetter.org>:
> In the PostgreSQL Weekly News, I track patches, and apparently at
> least one person reads that section. Would it be helpful to track
> reviews somehow during commitfests with the reviewers' names
> prominently attached?
>
Yes. See also my suggestion [1] that we do a Reviewer "Honour Roll"
or "Hall of Fame" at the end of the CF, also published in the PWN.
One of the rewards for getting a patch into the tree is having your
name immortalised in the commit log. There's no such compensation for
reviewing patches.
I think creating incentives to review is going to be more potent and
more enjoyable for everyone involved than punitive measures.
Cheers,
BJ
[1] http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/37ed240d0911130932i3b48849csb8cbae061abf11e4@mail.gmail.com