On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:50:56 +0300, NSK <nsk2(a)wikinerds.org> wrote:
On Saturday 30 October 2004 12:38, Ashar Voultoiz
wrote:
Sourceforge bug tracker was full of bugs for
which we could not contact
the reporter :(
Is there any way to post bugs via the mailing list?
1) you can post anything you like to the mailing list, but people may
be rather annoyed at you for not using the Bugzilla interface, where
it can be labelled, searched, etc; I know of no mechanism for creating
or amending a bugzilla report just by e-mail. [Although I gather older
bug trackers, such as Debian's, use e-mail as their main interface,
not the web]
2) the mailing lists are all publically archived, with
not-very-obfuscated e-mail adresses (I don't think replacing "at" with
"@" is going to deter many harvesters). I was going to say you need to
sign up before you can send, too, but I seem to remember e-mails from
unsubscribed addresses are put in a "moderation" queue, rather than
outright deleted, so I guess that much is easier.
Other than suggesting people create a throw-away e-mail account for
bug discussion (as long as they are actually going to check it, so
they'll receive requests for clarification etc), I guess we can only
hope that someone will implement obfuscation/hiding of e-mail
addresses within bugzilla. [Or, of course, one of us can do it; but
having glanced at the source code, I'm not volunteering! ;)] After
all, only the software needs to know the address; as long as people
don't turn off all mailing, there should be no need for other humans
to know their address at all...
--
Rowan Collins BSc
[IMSoP]