From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Samuel Bronson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Spammers are now closing bugs Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:48:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ab6cphof.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <49EBB69F.4050704@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1240224740 8282 80.91.229.12 (20 Apr 2009 10:52:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:52:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Sven Joachim , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jason Rumney Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 20 12:53:39 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Lvr5H-0005X6-HP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:50:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40159 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lvr3s-00009u-87 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:49:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lvr3m-00009f-Od for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:49:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lvr3k-000097-Rk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:49:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58770 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lvr3k-000093-Hq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:49:08 -0400 Original-Received: from yx-out-1718.google.com ([74.125.44.154]:42068) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lvr3B-00080e-VI; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:48:34 -0400 Original-Received: by yx-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 3so577324yxi.66 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:48:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ouCZa6fmnoGAoCn9nBjkCwZ8PiC3c/r2zVmGpy0rrGY=; b=qC+wqomCNWKXMDWWDFrCxYOQj4xMD2EhFzUj3u0gUiJnHlPdmZywcgVohjcKbdMxhl VBRX3W6T9z1wudAS/N2kjHD7WtXpIst3tbX2q4/c5VitxEv2GAbR0S7h9B9lBUAOBK8k 40ExV+/su67WDlWLR+WaLkUIE3lfn3NiI3yRY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=TH2QHNe3FyTbTHuANta4qD4kBGImgEjewbbJzxDdMOnzxecV2rPMhSsoTHd49B4N4A 1vrTqKpKoAQFA1AZ9sEJLMGe0qoLb+h51EUFmbObPFVI/EGWCFtf+yi5ANFADLxAr0jA A3xUBsOhLDJzoDJoLgk7bEO8JqgP6s7RJIHnk= Original-Received: by 10.100.251.14 with SMTP id y14mr7653286anh.40.1240224508830; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:48:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49EBB69F.4050704@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110357 Archived-At: On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Jason Rumney wrote: > There is a very simple solution. Restrict bug closure and other > administrative tasks to people on a list of emacs contributors and the > original submitter. It is not a perfect solution, but it should deal with > the problem of random spammers. Another possibility would involve a confirmation code -- but that would be kind of a pain for regular contributors, so should probably be used as an additional validation method, not the only one.