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Date:      Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:25:04 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Skye Poier <skye@f4.ca>
Cc:        "www@FreeBSD.org" <www@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: www/93772: PR submit page captcha didn't work
Message-ID:  <C0252A30.8D59%ceri@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <200602240300.k1O30L1S056706@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On 24/2/06 03:00, "Skye Poier" <skye@f4.ca> wrote:

> The following reply was made to PR www/93772; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Skye Poier <skye@f4.ca>
> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
> Cc:  
> Subject: Re: www/93772: PR submit page captcha didn't work
> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:53:19 -0800
> 
>  Well, perhaps the error page should be fixed to say "timeout" or
>  "captcha expired" then, instead of "does not match", so that people
>  don't waste a bunch of time going back and forth and typing it in over
>  and over thinking they're not reading it right, or making a typo, like
>  I did.

There's not really any way for the code to tell whether you made a code up
though - it either exists in the database or it doesn't.

>  "Yes, the token does indeed expire in some number of minutes; this is
>  why we suggest people edit the information offline and then submit."
>  
>  Nowhere on http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html does it say anything
>  about a timeout

It will in 24 hours' time.

Ceri
-- 
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
                                      -- Moliere






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