On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Pedro Giffuni <p...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hmm...  could be used for spamming.
>
> Maybe it's policy after all.
>

There are some saved queries and reports that are quite expensive,
computationally.  Cross-tabulations, etc., and they take several
seconds for me to run them.  So perhaps they want to avoid a DoS
attack based on a trivial wget of an expensive query URL?

-Rob

> cheers,
>
> Pedro.
>
>
>>________________________________
>> Da: janI <j...@apache.org>
>>A: dev@openoffice.apache.org; Pedro Giffuni <p...@apache.org>
>>Inviato: Lunedì 14 Gennaio 2013 16:10
>>Oggetto: Re: Bug list in release notes: why bugzilla account needed?
>>
>>
>>Easy solution.
>>
>>make an account "anonymous" with a easy password, and publish that...nearly 
>>as good as not needing to login.
>>
>>rgds
>>Jan I.
>>
>>
>>On 14 January 2013 21:57, Pedro Giffuni <p...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Hi Hagar;
>>>
>>>It's not a policy, it's simply the way bugzilla works.
>>>
>>>A developer (hi hdu@ :) recently wrote a nice script that crosschecks 
>>>bugzilla
>>>issues with commits so the situation will improve greatly in the near future.
>>>
>>>Pedro.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>________________________________
>>>> Da: Hagar Delest <hagar.del...@laposte.net>
>>>>A: dev@openoffice.apache.org
>>>>Inviato: Lunedì 14 Gennaio 2013 15:42
>>>>Oggetto: Bug list in release notes: why bugzilla account needed?
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Here is a message on the forum about the necessity to have a login to view 
>>>>the list of the bug fixes:
>>>>http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=58749
>>>>
>>>>Indeed, why is it mandatory to have an account to view the bug list?
>>>>This is not user-friendly.
>>>>
>>>>Can the policy be changed?
>>>>
>>>>Hagar
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>

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