hi, On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 00:22, Will <ay1...@gmail.com> wrote: > 5, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Sandro Tosi <mo...@debian.org> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 19:32, Will <ay1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Additionally, an HTTP interface to reportbug would be a good idea. >> >> are you (and all the others asking for this) willing to help developing one? >> >>> Many new users find it difficult or unnecessary to set up an MTA when >>> they first install, > > Yes, as a Python developer I'd be glad to add in HTTP support given an > HTTP interface to the BTS.
That's great! given it might take a while to the BTS owner to think about a proper way to implement that in the current architecture, I'd suggest to give a look to the "small" list of bugs against reportbug and propose some solutions or patches: I'd be happy to review and ultimately incorporate any valuable work! >> Could you please point to any reference where it's written that the >> only way for reportbug to work it's thru a local MTA and not also with >> a remote SMTP server? > > It's not, I was working off old information. When I used reportbug a > few years ago, just SMTP was broken, so I just set up an MTA and > forgot about it. Sorry. Good, at least we don't have any (known) outdated documentation to fix :) Regards, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimjdcb8dmimjm+=i3i_fq4qdxlbkccca1bg0...@mail.gmail.com
