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Date:      Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:06:57 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
To:        Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
Cc:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@yahoo.com>, Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
Message-ID:  <20030302200657.GA76412@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <005101c2e0f6$2aae2e30$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
References:  <20030302162206.66969.qmail@web13404.mail.yahoo.com> <3E62440A.4010001@potentialtech.com> <20030302181204.GA32498@submonkey.net> <005101c2e0f6$2aae2e30$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>

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On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 02:58:58PM -0500, Matthew Emmerton wrote:
> > 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 believe something like this is being considered.

Ceri
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