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5902Composrpointspublic2024-11-14 03:32
ReporterPDStig Assigned ToPDStig  
PrioritynormalSeverityfeature 
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version11.beta4 
Summary5902: Allow credits that do not affect life-time points; rename life-time points
DescriptionThis is a combo issue.

a) Add an option for staff to credit points to a member without it affecting their life-time points. This is ideal for awarding points to a member for, say, a donation, but the staff don't want it affecting their rank / voting power (especially if lots of points are given for donations).

b) Add a new column in the points ledger which defines which records affect life-time points. Use that from now on instead of arbitrary logic / calculations. This will improve performance and will also allow the possibility of other things excluding life-time points in the future.

c) Rename life-time points. I believe this was mentioned in another issue. "life-time points" is not accurate anymore because it is not truly a representation of points ever earned (e.g. warning points take life-time points away as a rank punishment). A more accurate term would be "rank points" because these points dictate what rank you're in and how much voting power you have (another form of "rank"). Previous suggestions of "Content points" and "activity points" should be disregarded; those are not accurate terms.
Additional InformationI especially want to do a for composr.app. My thinking is the following:

* We have the ability to sponsor issues using points. But some (arguably most) developers won't be satisfied with points alone and will want a financial backing.
* We could implement the old support credits system but there isn't (and shouldn't be) a central company / individual behind Composr to where the payments would go. So this won't work. And project-central donations also won't work for the same reason.

The best solution I can think of for now is for developers, on their own accord, to accept payment from members as part of a sponsorship for an issue. They would then give them points relative to their donation which do not affect their life-time / rank points (because we shouldn't allow members to buy their way through ranks or voting power). And then the member can put those points up on sponsorships.

This may require re-thinking our custom fields in Mantis for sponsorships.
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PDStig

2024-08-22 01:59

administrator   ~9250

tut_software_feedback may need updating for this issue.

admin

2024-11-14 03:32

administrator   ~9591

Automated response: Allow credits that do not affect life-time points; rename life-time points

This hotfix renames "life-time points" to "rank points". It also adds a new column on the ledger to dictate which records affect rank points. And it adds an option for staff to credit points to member balances without those points affecting their rank points.

admin

2024-11-14 03:32

administrator   ~9592

Fixed in Git commit 210271001a (https://gitlab.com/composr-foundation/composr/commit/210271001a - link will become active once code pushed to GitLab)

admin

2024-11-14 03:32

administrator   ~9593

A hotfix (a TAR of files to upload) has been uploaded to this issue. Only apply this hotfix if you absolutely need it and cannot wait until the next release of Composr (releases are more reliable and strictly tested). As of Composr version 11, the recommended way to apply a hotfix is by following the same steps as an upgrade (https://baseurl/upgrader.php, use the hotfix on the step “Transfer across new/updated files”). The upgrader will automatically skip files belonging to addons you do not have installed or that are newer on disk than in the hotfix. Otherwise, you can manually extract and replace these files (do not replace if your on-disk file is newer than the one in the hotfix). Always take backups of your site or at least files you are replacing before applying a hotfix. Not sure how to extract TAR files to your Windows computer? Try 7-zip (http://www.7-zip.org/).

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2024-08-21 18:08 PDStig New Issue
2024-08-21 18:08 PDStig Status Not Assigned => Assigned
2024-08-21 18:08 PDStig Assigned To => user4172
2024-08-21 18:08 PDStig Tag Attached: Roadmap: v11
2024-08-22 01:59 PDStig Note Added: 0009250