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From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Redirecting the "Send a bug report" link to the article on
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:27:53 -0500
Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote:

> I was going to file a PR for this, but then I realized that there may be some
> reason that it hasn't been done yet, and I figured I'd ask.
> 
> The "Send a bug report" link on the home page currently goes to a page that
> announces that the web interface to send-pr is down.  Like many others, I
> am aware of the problems the web interface has caused, and I don't have a
> solution on how to fix it (although I'd like to see it come back up).
> 
> However, until someone comes up with a good fix and implements it, would
> it be an improvement to have this link go to this article:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.html
> This is a good substitute for not having a web interface, and actually, it
> should be required reading, even if the web interface comes back up.

FWIW, I think the suggestion here has merit; if there are no objections
I would like to do this later on today.

-- 
Tom Rhodes