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| -rw-r--r-- | sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/config/DebtProperties.java | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/config/DebtProperties.java b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/config/DebtProperties.java index 035cfcb01e7..e53e113c708 100644 --- a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/config/DebtProperties.java +++ b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/config/DebtProperties.java @@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ class DebtProperties { PropertyDefinition.builder(CoreProperties.RATING_GRID) .defaultValue("" + CoreProperties.RATING_GRID_DEF_VALUES) .name("Rating grid") - .description("SQALE ratings range from A (very good) to E (very bad). They compare the technical debt on a project to the time that has already gone into writing it. " + + .description("SQALE ratings range from A (very good) to E (very bad). The rating is determined by the value of the Technical Debt Ratio, " + + "which compares the technical debt on a project to the cost it would take to rewrite the code from scratch. " + "The default values for A through D are 0.1,0.2,0.5,1. Anything over 1 is an E. " + - "Assuming the size metric is lines of code (LOC), and the work unit is 30 (minutes to produce 1 LOC), " + - "a project with a technical debt of 24,000 minutes for 2,500 LOC will have a ratio of 24000/(30 * 2,500) = 0.32. That yields a SQALE rating of C.") + "Example: assuming the size metric is lines of code (LOC), and the work unit is 30 (minutes to produce 1 LOC), " + + "a project with a technical debt of 24,000 minutes for 2,500 LOC will have a technical debt ratio of 24000/(30 * 2,500) = 0.32. That yields a SQALE rating of C.") .category(CoreProperties.CATEGORY_TECHNICAL_DEBT) .deprecatedKey("ratingGrid") .build(), |