From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 2 12:15:23 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 6E74A37B401 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:15:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from ra.dweebsoft.com (ra.dweebsoft.com [209.237.40.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D438C43FBD for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:15:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com) Received: from ra.dweebsoft.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ra.dweebsoft.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h22KFKCF057807; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:15:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com) Received: (from http@localhost) by ra.dweebsoft.com (8.12.6/8.12.3/Submit) id h22KFJPQ057806; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:15:19 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: ra.dweebsoft.com: http set sender to daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com using -f Received: from 64.81.58.36 ( [64.81.58.36]) as user daxbert@localhost by ra.dweebsoft.com with HTTP; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:15:19 -0800 Message-ID: <1046636119.3e62665783335@ra.dweebsoft.com> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:15:19 -0800 From: Daxbert To: Matthew Emmerton Cc: Ceri Davies , Bill Moran , "Pedro F. Giffuni" , Jim Mock , "" Subject: Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 X-Originating-IP: 64.81.58.36 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 Quoting Matthew Emmerton : > > 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