Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:25:53 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 262909] Some "maintainer" addresses blocked to non-subscribers Message-ID: <bug-262909-7788-ieMQXICXsn@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-262909-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-262909-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D262909 --- Comment #2 from Mikhail Teterin <mi@FreeBSD.org> --- Created attachment 232820 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D232820&action= =3Dedit Bogus rejection of a patch-submission by e-mail (In reply to Rene Ladan from comment #1) > This is not a problem for portmgr Of course, it is a problem for portmgr -- as is any problem affecting multi= ple ports and requiring a unified response. It certainly has nothing to do with the Postmaster or Mailing Lists -- _som= e_ of those may legitimately be closed, just not those advertised as support-sources. > it takes 1 minute to subscribe to such a list This is flawed -- one should not be required to subscribe to anything in or= der to simply ASK A QUESTION. It does not matter, if the subscribing takes a minute, a second, or a week of filing applications and supplying notarized copies of supporting documents (as may be necessitated in the future by the rapid evolution of spam toolkits). FreeBSD does not require users to "register" to obtain support -- as some vendors do -- and that's, how things ought to continue. The MAINTAINER field is there for users to contact first and foremost. If t= he specified address bounces for almost all of such users, then it is undeliverable -- how is this not obvious? I maintain, that this attitude -- and the number of hoops a would-be contributor is required to jump through -- is an impediment to the Project. For evidence, I'm attaching a sample bounce email with an automated rejecti= on of a patch -- on account of the sender not being a "subscriber". Because I = know the project well, I resubmitted the same patch as a PR (bug #262908) -- but= a newcomer, probably, wouldn't bother to do so... --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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