Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 18:49:10 -0800 From: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> To: Daxbert <daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com> Cc: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@yahoo.com>, "" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled. Message-ID: <B5C94FF3-4D22-11D7-A10C-000393460DB2@soupnazi.org> In-Reply-To: <1046636119.3e62665783335@ra.dweebsoft.com>
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On Sunday, March 2, 2003, at 12:15 PM, Daxbert wrote: > 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? In the CVS tree, of course. Specifically www/en/cgi/dosendpr.cgi. If you don't have a local copy of the source or can't use CVS, you can use cvsweb: http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/ - jim -- jim mock <mij@{soupnazi|opendarwin}.org> jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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