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web site patch committed: Explain why bugzilla requires an account
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:53:28 -0700
- Subject: web site patch committed: Explain why bugzilla requires an account
Torbjorn complained that the GCC bugzilla requires an account. I
committed this patch to the web site to explain why.
Ian
Index: bugs/index.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/bugs/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.108
diff -u -r1.108 index.html
--- bugs/index.html 26 Apr 2011 10:17:04 -0000 1.108
+++ bugs/index.html 10 Oct 2012 15:51:56 -0000
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@
<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/";>GCC bug database</a>.
</p>
+<p>The GCC bug database requires you to create an account with a valid
+e-mail address. This is not merely to be annoying. It's because in
+the past spammers have filed fake bug reports, and fake attachments to
+real bug reports, to distribute malware and to add links to their spam
+web sites. Requiring a valid e-mail address is a partial deterrent to
+this. We apologize for the inconvenience.
+</p>
+
<h2><a name="detailed">Detailed bug reporting instructions</a></h2>
<p>Please refer to the <a href="#gnat">next section</a> when reporting