[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD bug tracking moves from GNATS to Bugzilla

[Eitan Adler]

On 3 June 2014 13:51, Michael Gmelin <grembo at freebsd.org> wrote:
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>> On 03 Jun 2014, at 22:41, John Marino <freebsd.contact at marino.st> wrote:
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>>> On 6/3/2014 22:06, Stephen Hurd wrote:
>>> Matthias Andree wrote:
>>>> Surely there may be valid and sometimes useful comments by people who
>>>> aren't the original reporter, but for the common case that the bug
>>>> evolves into a discussion between a developer and a reporter having a
>>>> valid BIDIRECTIONAL communications channel up front helps a lot.
>>>
>>> I would venture that docs bugs and certain classes of website bugs
>>> rarely have communications.  For example:
>>>
>>> Those bugs would simply not have been submitted if I had to create an
>>> account first.
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>> If the submitter's interest in getting the bug known in order to be
>> fixed exceeds the distaste for registration, then yes, the report would
>> still get submitted.  (For example, if that person *really* wants to
>> access FreeBSD forums via IPv6 and nobody knows it's busted, they would
>> probably bite the bullet).
>>
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> Ah, is that the reason why I had so many issues with it lately?

Duno.  If you can, please file a bug and let us know :)


> Could bugzilla maybe allow email verified submissions without an account? So you report a bug with your email address and have to click verify in an email response to get it to a state people will look at it. That would eliminate the whole "oh no, one more account/password" hassle, but reduce spam and lack of working back channels.

See above:

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To preempt the next question: why don't we allow users to submit via
email but verify with a token?   That system isn't possible with how
the gateway is set up now.  Its a long term possability.  If someone
wants to help set that up please contact me offline (at bugmeister@).
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Eitan Adler