From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 30 16:45:16 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA8BB725; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:45:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erik@cederstrand.dk) Received: from csmtp3.one.com (csmtp3.one.com [91.198.169.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5727A8FC14; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:45:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (unknown [176.222.238.90]) by csmtp3.one.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 57588240E4EF; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:45:14 +0000 (UTC) References: <4E593932.8060303@FreeBSD.org> <86sj928vks.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4FB39F66-0434-43F1-9705-3C81CDF2A25F@cederstrand.dk> <86ehkm8s5v.fsf@ds4.des.no> <0EF669C7-0ED4-4BD4-9170-C49A7CA91603@cederstrand.dk> <20121025193115.GD40357@in-addr.com> <20121030082900.GH3309@server.rulingia.com> <35AB4227-2053-4678-BE71-576B01E48FE1@cederstrand.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <038C004A-6177-472D-A328-90830E04F640@cederstrand.dk> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10A403) From: Erik Cederstrand Subject: Re: How about finally replacing GNATS? Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:45:12 +0100 To: Adrian Chadd Cc: Eitan Adler , Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav , "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:45:16 -0000 Den 30/10/2012 kl. 16.51 skrev Adrian Chadd : > On 30 October 2012 03:06, Erik Cederstrand wrote: >=20 >> Apart from running uname -a, what does send-pr offer on a machine without= HTTP access compared to just filling out the send-pr form on a machine that= does have HTTP access? >=20 > Being able to do it offline, and then having it send when you plug > into the network :-) >=20 > You realise SMTP, like NNTP/usenet, is really good at "partially offline" m= odes? Yes. I thought we were talking about machines with permanently firewalled ou= tgoing port 80. I'm not suggesting send-pr should go. I even provided a script to keep using= it with Bugzilla. I'm just curious what's so great about it in 2012. Offlin= e is a good argument, and HTTP sucks at offline. Erik=