From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 2 12: 7: 5 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71D0B37B401 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:07:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from rhadamanth.submonkey.net (pc2-cdif2-5-cust35.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.151.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 318BC43FB1 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:07:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.12) id 18pZjd-00007K-00; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 20:06:57 +0000 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:06:57 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Matthew Emmerton Cc: Bill Moran , "Pedro F. Giffuni" , Jim Mock , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled. Message-ID: <20030302200657.GA76412@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Matthew Emmerton , Bill Moran , "Pedro F. Giffuni" , Jim Mock , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20030302162206.66969.qmail@web13404.mail.yahoo.com> <3E62440A.4010001@potentialtech.com> <20030302181204.GA32498@submonkey.net> <005101c2e0f6$2aae2e30$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <005101c2e0f6$2aae2e30$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 02:58:58PM -0500, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:48:58PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > > > Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > > >>No, FreeBSD dislikes moronic skript kiddies spamming > > > >>the PR database. > > > > > > > >OK, I'm screwed :(. It's difficult to find committers > > > >interested in my ports (math/cad stuff) anyway. I > > > >guess I'll just keep'em for myself for some more time. > > > > > > Or you could consider helping find a way to re-enable > > > the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies from > > > abusing it. > > Why not have a "pr-moderator" for each category (i386, kern, doc, etc), who > approves each incoming PR. Basically this person would act as a front-line > defense against spammers, but it would also allow them to assign PRs to > developers as they are submitted, rather than letting them sit in the PR > database for weeks/months before anyone picks them up. I believe something like this is being considered. Ceri -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message