Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 03:19:21 -0800 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: delphij@hotmail.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I post a pr when my IP can't be reverse-resolved? Message-ID: <3DFB13B9.B185DCD0@softweyr.com> References: <3DFA09A2.C5B0103B@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote:
>
> "öÎ Àî" wrote:
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> [ ... Subject: ... ]
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> You can't. The method I was about to start using was to post the
> patch to the mailing list, and then use the web send-pr to send
> the PR with a URL for the patch in the mailing list archives.
>
> This won't work because they disabled the web send-pr.
>
> I think the reason this was disable is some idiot was posting a
> lot of PR's that were not really PR's, and then filling in the
> mailing lists as "contact" (or whatever). I saw a lot of these
> right before they disable it.
Exactly the reason.
> Probably, the correct thing would be to accept the submission,
> and pend it for review, before it became active as a real PR.
> This would require that a human look at the pending PRs, and
> make a decision.
Oddly enough, the Core Team has discussed exactly this approach.
It's a good idea. Are you volunteering to do (some of) the work?
Either of you? ;^)
> Instead, what happened was the web submission form was disabled,
> letting whoever was trying to poison the ability to report
> problems win.
Only partially. People with working mail systems can still report
problems. People with non-working mail systems, or ISPs who are
incapable of creating a proper reverse DNS entry, probably need to
solve those problems before becoming tremendously worried about
bugs in FreeBSD. Hint hint.
> Not very satisfying to me, either, since a lot of people are
> "PR-blind" to patches posted to the mailing list.
>
> Maybe you could also ask them to reenable web send-pr, as I did.
Probably not gonna happen, it's just an invitation to abuse. Sorry.
Bad people suck, the best we can do is cut our losses and move on.
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