Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 13:16:22 +0100 From: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> To: Vitaly Magerya <vmagerya@gmail.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD bug tracking moves from GNATS to Bugzilla Message-ID: <AC5B5F36-CB39-40C2-8979-8D2007B0892A@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <538DBAEC.5060905@gmail.com> References: <92E4FB10-DDC8-4B3E-9242-4E8494491630@FreeBSD.org> <538DBAEC.5060905@gmail.com>
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On 3 Jun 2014, at 13:09, Vitaly Magerya <vmagerya@gmail.com> wrote: > It doesn't seem to be possible to post comments (or bugs) without = creating an account and logging in. That is correct. The current leaning is towards not providing such = functionality as: - It makes spamming easy - If someone can't be bothered to make an account, they are unlikely to = provide the feedback required to correctly diagnose the bug. I don't know that this decision is final, but it's certainly unlikely to = be high up the priority list to implement it. For FreeBSD 11, we'd like = to have an HTTP-based send-pr replacement, which will not be able to = enforce a valid email address, but which will at least request one. = Although, again, we'll have to be careful to prevent it from being used = as a spam tool (send a pr claiming to be from a different email address = with a spam message and that person gets notified) and so it will likely = add the bug to a private queue where it can be checked for spam before = appearing in the main db. Volunteers to be spam filters welcome... > No comment-by-email too, as far as I can tell. This is probably going to reappear at some point, if there is sufficient = demand for it. David
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