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Date:      Tue, 3 Jun 2014 22:51:28 +0200
From:      Michael Gmelin <grembo@freebsd.org>
To:        "marino@freebsd.org" <marino@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>, "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net>
Subject:   Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD bug tracking moves from GNATS to Bugzilla
Message-ID:  <9D835692-C9A7-42B3-B514-2382C47ABD4F@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <538E32E5.5040400@marino.st>
References:  <92E4FB10-DDC8-4B3E-9242-4E8494491630@FreeBSD.org> <538DBAEC.5060905@gmail.com> <538E2924.3090002@gmx.de> <538E2AC9.7010309@sasktel.net> <538E32E5.5040400@marino.st>

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> On 03 Jun 2014, at 22:41, John Marino <freebsd.contact@marino.st> wrote:
>=20
>> On 6/3/2014 22:06, Stephen Hurd wrote:
>> Matthias Andree wrote:
>>> Surely there may be valid and sometimes useful comments by people who
>>> aren't the original reporter, but for the common case that the bug
>>> evolves into a discussion between a developer and a reporter having a
>>> valid BIDIRECTIONAL communications channel up front helps a lot.
>>=20
>> I would venture that docs bugs and certain classes of website bugs
>> rarely have communications.  For example:
>>=20
>> Those bugs would simply not have been submitted if I had to create an
>> account first.
>=20
>=20
> If the submitter's interest in getting the bug known in order to be
> fixed exceeds the distaste for registration, then yes, the report would
> still get submitted.  (For example, if that person *really* wants to
> access FreeBSD forums via IPv6 and nobody knows it's busted, they would
> probably bite the bullet).
>=20

Ah, is that the reason why I had so many issues with it lately?

Could bugzilla maybe allow email verified submissions without an account? So=
 you report a bug with your email address and have to click verify in an ema=
il response to get it to a state people will look at it. That would eliminat=
e the whole "oh no, one more account/password" hassle, but reduce spam and l=
ack of working back channels.=



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