On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 8:36 AM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> wrote:
I don’t think there is a reliable correlation between the length of the thread and the complexity of the patch (the existance of bikeshedding as a concept kind of proves that).
I agree it's far from perfect, but it does give some idea of how much background or discussion there is on a topic. Anyone trying out a patch would want to read through the entire thread first and this could help find shorter ones.
LoC is also not a very truthful metric for complexity, but I agree that would no doubt the nice to have (although the list of changed files is the part that appeals to me). It is as you say slightly more complicated though.
Anything code related would be generally more useful, and not just to a beginner. I figured the mail counts would be easier to add though as it's a single number without any parsing.
I agree that it would be nice if patches suitable for beginners where marked in order to lower the barrier to entry, but I don’t have any answers on how to do that.
Yes, short of someone more seasoned manually tagging things, I doubt there's a general solution. The counts idea seemed like low hanging fruit that might help.