From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 12:16:32 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A12ECD04 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 12:16:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from theravensnest.org (theraven.freebsd.your.org [216.14.102.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "cloud.theravensnest.org", Issuer "StartCom Class 1 Primary Intermediate Server CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D003228D for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 12:16:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.96] (cpc14-cmbg15-2-0-cust307.5-4.cable.virginm.net [82.26.1.52]) (authenticated bits=0) by theravensnest.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s53CGRFs069147 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 3 Jun 2014 12:16:29 GMT (envelope-from theraven@FreeBSD.org) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD bug tracking moves from GNATS to Bugzilla From: David Chisnall In-Reply-To: <538DBAEC.5060905@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 13:16:22 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <92E4FB10-DDC8-4B3E-9242-4E8494491630@FreeBSD.org> <538DBAEC.5060905@gmail.com> To: Vitaly Magerya X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1874) Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:16:32 -0000 On 3 Jun 2014, at 13:09, Vitaly Magerya 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