Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:15:19 -0800 From: Daxbert <daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@yahoo.com>, Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org>, "" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled. Message-ID: <1046636119.3e62665783335@ra.dweebsoft.com>
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Quoting Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>: > > 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've never submitted a pr, but I've written scripts for bulk web submissions (GET and POST for load testing web apps). Did the previous web pr-interface have any sort of verification process? (e.g. email to submitter) Were there any sanity checks? (e.g. no more than X pr's per Y time) Where would I look to find the *old* web pr interface? --daxbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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