On Fri, 07 Aug 2009, Mark Hedges wrote: > On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Don Armstrong wrote: > > I'm almost certainly going to disable the closed control > > interface in the not-to-far-distant future, so that's not > > a viable alternative. > > Is it too late to ask why? It's sort of like a captcha > to have to type the number in a control message...
Because it doesn't provide any indication as to *why* the bug is being closed. The documentation of closed explains its deprecation. > > In the end, though, helping us make the SA rules better is > > generally a far better alternative. > > There's always going to be more spam which escapes the rules. Sure, which is why the rules are constantly being improved, so that the amount of spam that escapes the rules is kept to reasonable levels. Don Armstrong -- One day I put instant coffee in my microwave oven and almost went back in time. -- Steven Wright http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
