Requiring a BZ account as part of commit access process

[Jason Merrill]

On 12/16/25 9:33 AM, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 03:06:18PM +0100, Jakub Jelinek via Gcc wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 10:02:17PM +0800, Jason Merrill via Gcc wrote:
>>> Hmm, personally I only actually use my @gcc.gnu.org account but also have
>>> a @redhat.com account and people can CC either one.  Perhaps if I only had
>>> the @gcc.gnu.org account it would cut down on the frequency of getting
>>> email to both addresses for the same bug.  But might be confusing to people
>>> trying to CC the address I use in commits.
>>
>> It would be best if one could register bugzilla accounts as aliases,
>> so even if people CC me on @redhat.com email @gcc.gnu.org account could be
>> CCed instead.
>> Because otherwise it is a manual process, having to manually remove all
>> CCs someone added for @redhat.com when I just want @gcc.gnu.org CCs.
> 
> Unfortenately bugzilla doesn't have aliases. But an bugzilla admin
> could merge your @redhat.com account into your @gcc.gnu.org account
> (which updates all references like CCs). After which the @redhat.com
> account won't exist anymore, so people cannot add that address to the
> CC (or any other field) anymore. Which is either precisely how you
> want it and/or confusing to some people.

I'm trying Andreas' suggestion of disabling bugmail on my @redhat.com 
account and watching it on my @gcc.gnu.org account, it sounds like it 
should have the desired effect.

Jason