On Wed, 25 Jul 2007, Oleg Verych wrote: > * Don Armstrong (22-07-2007): > > This is a requirement for any subscription system, even if a > > message to a bug automatically causes you to be subscribed, as > > From is trivial to forge. > > But what if one isn't bound to the "subscription system"?
I don't understand what you're asking. > > I am interested in perhaps allowing people to confirm a subscription > > once, and then be able to subscribe to any bug using that same address > > without further confirmation (or perhaps with a GPG signature), but to > > date the code has not been written. > > This isn't flexible (storage/dynamic management of GPG, etc). This objection makes no sense. > > In this particular instance, I'm sitting in both positions, > > because this bug is against debbugs, and I am both a BTS > > maintainer as well as a maintainer of debbugs. > > I assume, that something has higher priority here. Your way of > replying suggests the first choice. I don't understand what you're asking here either. > > The reply-to: rules are actually kind of silly, and probably will > > be junked once its easier to subscribe to bugs without > > confirmation. Plus, it's always appropriate for people to cull the > > Cc: list. > > Please, tell me what do you think about scheme, i've described in > message to Josseline. I just need a wise opinion, because i will > implement it anyway. The scheme that you've described (from what I can parse of it) is not an improvement on the existing system. It involves carrying around insanely long Cc: lists and doesn't allow the expression of any preference about bug correspondence. While the situation currently is suboptimal, I'm not particularly interested in coding stopgap measures when a final solution is the right way forward. Don Armstrong -- "For those who understand, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not, none is possible." http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
