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RE: What is wrong with Bugzilla?
- From: Daniel Berlin <dberlin at dberlin dot org>
- To: Dave Korn <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 12:59:50 -0400
- Subject: RE: What is wrong with Bugzilla?
- References: <SERRANOO0aAGgWtpe1O000001ff@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 17:52 +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> ----Original Message----
> >From: Russ Allbery
> >Sent: 31 May 2005 04:51
>
>
> > It's not the request for the e-mail address. It's that it's phrased as a
> > login screen and a button to create an account. I know that I definitely
> > pause and consider before I create an account at a web site. There are
> > many on-line newspapers that I refuse to read articles from, for example,
> > because I don't want to create an account. That creates a piece of
> > authorization out there that I have to record a password for and that I'm
> > to some degree responsible for.
>
>
> Whenever I come across one of those interfaces, I test it to see if it'll
> let me create an account called 'guest' with password 'guest'. (I believe
> in keeping the old net.traditions alive!) If it wants an email address, I
> use 'guest@example.org'.
And then if we need more info for your bug report, and can't reach you,
we'll simply close it.