Patrick Strasser writes ("Re: bug reporting workflow is outdated"):
> What is the advantage of having a mail-only BTS reporting mechanism?The advantage is that no-one can make _other_ user interfaces to bug submission that we don't want. (Or at least, they are deterred from doing so.) I agree that using http as a transport for reportbug would be fine, in itself. But if you read this thread you can see numerous suggestions that "if we had an http interface we could also do X Y Z". Apparently, if we don't want X Y Z done then we must resist an http interface for bug submission even if it makes it hard for reportbug to work correctly, because it's the thin end of a wedge. The fat end is a web form for users to submit bugs. Ian. -- 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/19931.38864.379579.84...@chiark.greenend.org.uk
