On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Darren J Moffat wrote:
> Chris Quenelle wrote:
> >
> > An interesting idea would be to SUPPORT making bug-updates "moderated"
> > in the same way that blog comments and mailing lists can be
> > moderated. The potential update could be sent to the list of
> > "authorized moderators (TBD)" and they can just push a button
> > to approve the update.
> >
> > Obviously this involves non-trivial infrastructure implementation.
> > But I think it's a traditional mitigation technique for spam-rich
> > environments. (But I'm not sure this qualifies as a spam rich
> > environment yet, we may want to wait and see)
>
> Why should we spend valuable time implementing these types of things for
> bug updates if we haven't yet seen any abuse of bug submission.
>
> If we start seeing bug submission spam then sure lets look at moderation
> or other anti-spam tricks, but until then I don't see the point and it
> will just slow down getting a more usable b.o.o.
It should be designed in from the start and coded as a:
"return(moderated-OK)" function. That won't slow down the initial
implementation.
It's important that the cost of entry for someone to submit/modify a bug
report be low - since the more talented developers are usually short on
time and allergic to anything that looks or behaves like a pre-printed
form or bureaucratic process!
Regards,
Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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