Re: [Tech-board-discuss] [PATCH] Documentation: Linux Contribution Maturity Model and the wider community

[Finn Thain]

On Wed, 21 Jun 2023, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> 
> > 
> >   Making the maintainer role more lucrative will provide a 
> >   disincentive for more automation (with or without level 5 
> >   performance reviews) unless remuneration is tied to metrics that 
> >   reflect maintainer effectiveness.
> 
> I'm not sure I totally understand your point above. I do not think that 
> making the maintainer role more lucrative provides a disincentive for 
> more automation. 

You're right -- it's a moot point (whether paying people more will reward 
underperformers) since it all depends on the performance metric. I was 
assuming a metric that reflects my own bias.