* Darren J Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-09-19 09:20]: > Stephen Hahn wrote: > > > There are 14 000+ registered users, which is actually the same order > > population as the number of active Bugster accounts. Since we've > > seen people register to spam the forums, I think we should have a > > slightly longer discussion. For instance, it would be quite > > straightforward to make it a "I request bug modification privileges" > > process; I believe that the privilege must be revocable, but we can > > make the modification privilege granted by default if that's the > > consensus. > > SPAM is a nasty problem to deal with because it is an arms race. > > However are we seeing any SPAM submitted via b.o.o just now ? If we > aren't why would we raise the bar for modifying a bug rather than just > submitting it. We have not seen a spam submission yet; I believe I'm still allowed to anticipate such a development.
> If there is SPAM being submitted as a bug I'd like to see the stats on > that. I get all the email from BT2.0 internally for the triage of bugs > and I don't see any SPAM there but I suspect if there is it is filtered > before then. > > > I suppose it's related to "this user has done sufficient work that the > > community will reward them with additional work (but it's not a job, > > really)": should that be recognized in some visible way? > > Who gets to make that decision on what sufficient work is ? Umm, the core contributors of a community? (Contributions are the basis on which they are identifying contributors and core contributors. The entire governance model rests on the core contributors being able to make such a decision, so, if you've concerns with this approach, you had better read the draft constitution and comment on cab-discuss...) > Why should someone who has critical info on a bug have to prove they > have contributed in some acceptable way in the past. That's a fair argument for making bug modification a privilege that is granted in the default case. Any counter-arguments out there? - Stephen -- Stephen Hahn, PhD Solaris Kernel Development, Sun Microsystems [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blogs.sun.com/sch/ _______________________________________________ tools-discuss mailing list tools-discuss@opensolaris.org
