Reward for good bug reports

Originator:dave
Number:rdar://20059292 Date Originated:2015/03/05
Status:Closed Resolved:No
Product:Bug Reporter Product Version:N/A
Classification:N/A Reproducible:N/A
 
Summary:
Apple employees are already saying "File a radar" and similar things, "Radar or GTFO" is common. There are common bugs that plague users, where Apple devs on related projects say they've never heard of the issue happening, and complain that no one filed a decent radar about the issue.

My suggestion is for Apple to start rewarding devs when they file a good/helpful radar. The reward would be determined by the engineer using the radar to fix the bug etc, and would range in value based on how helpful the radar was.

The reward wouldn't have to be cash, even a voucher or something toward additional hardware/software etc. The reward could range from $0 to $1000 for example. $0 for dups with no new information, $1000 for a radar with a key piece of info that helps find and fix the bug.

This would encourage devs to spend the time to diagnose issues etc, and would vastly increase the quality of bug reports you'll receive. The fact that you're not rewarding all radars would prevent an influx of useless reports just trying to earn a reward etc.

Comments

Closed by Apple

Apple Developer Relations - 06-Mar-2015 02:03 PM

There are no plans to address this.

We are now closing this report.

If you have questions about the resolution, or if this is still a critical issue for you, then please update your bug report with that information.

Please be sure to regularly check new Apple releases for any updates that might affect this issue.

By dave at July 24, 2015, 6:38 p.m. (reply...)

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