I presume that you have a login to get this message displayed !!! However, if memory serves me : 1) The username / password was implemeted due to the amount of SPAM and other e-mails of no relavence to Mandrake development stuff. 2) Last time I tried to send an e-mail from a non-login session I received a reply asking me if I would confirm the posting by replying to that reply by cutting and pasting a reference number into the subject field.
However, if this no longer works or hasn't worked for you, please feel free to send the bug report to me and I will post it for you ! Owen On Monday 21 Jan 2002 11:28 pm, you wrote: > In a few moments, I will be submitting a bug report to this list. > It is my hope that someone on this list will register it in the official > bug database. > > But before I do, I wanted to state a complaint in this public > forum, because Mandrake is by far my favorite distro and I want it to not > suck. > > I've just spent a couple of hours tracking down a bug. Now, to > help make Mandrake better, I want to report this bug. I was amazed to > find that I need to register, getting a username and password, before I'm > allowed to submit my bug. > > I'm astounded by this. I've finally fixed my stupid problem, and > -- worn out and sick of this crappy problem -- I muster up enough energy > to write up a bug report and find the Cooker bug reporting web page. But > now to submit it I'm supposed to deal with Yet Another Web Login And > Password. > > Well: Screw you guys [sic]. I've wasted enough time on this > already. I'm all for making Mandrake better, but if I can't report a > problem with the snap of my fingers, I'll just let some other fool with > more time deal with it. After all, *I* know what the problem is, *I* know > how to work around it, and *I* just given myself a competitive advantage > by knowing how to solve a problem that others may not be familiar with. > > My point is, requiring a login to submit a bug report is a barrier > that prevents bug reports coming in. I don't want to be a Mandrake > 'community developer'. I don't want to subscribe to the Cooker mailing > list. I don't want to get involved. I just want to pass on my > information and leave. > > So, in protest of this retarded barrier, I refuse to get a login. > I'm going to post my bug report here, to the mailing list, in the hopes > that somebody who cares (and has a login) will put it in the bug tracking > system. > > > Thanks, > Derek Simkowiak
