On 16 avr, 16:20, Jason Grout <jason-s...@creativetrax.com> wrote: > On 4/16/11 8:40 AM, Robert Bradshaw wrote: > > > Quite honestly, when have a bug to report, if I can't finish the > > transaction right away then it's unlikely I'll go through the hoops > > and report the bug later (unless the bug is really important). This is > > especially true if I have to wait for a human to enter the loop, so we > > want to have the barrier as low as possible. > > +1
I feel the same. During Sage Days 28, we got a lot of new users who had never used Sage before, nor posted to sage-support or any Sage list, and we got them all to register to the trac server and file a small problem in Sage. > > Ideally, anyone could file a bug on trac (or a similar system), and > > only after they're moderated do they become visible. After a number > > (maybe even one) ticket is accepted, the moderation would then be > > lifted. +1 > > Another option would be to only allow automatic account > > creation for emails seen on sage-[devel|support], which could be > > easily automated, perhaps with email verification (a link sent out). > > Does anyone know if trac can be set up like that? +1 to a > > sage-trac-admin group which could easily handle the rest. The hurdle > > to jump would be someone else vouching for them or a bug to report or > > an (intelligent) comment/fix to an existing bug, which is why anyone > > would want an account anyways. I really don't think the bar needs to > > be raise that high to filter out the spammers--I don't think we're big > > enough to attract more than the semi-automated shotgun-approach > > attack. > > How about this plugin: > > https://software.sandia.gov/trac/fast/wiki/TicketModerator > > and/or this: > > http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/SpamFilter > > I agree with Robert that a moderation approach is better than a huge > waiting period to get a trac account. After a person is moderated once > or twice with decent bug reports, they could be added to the > non-moderated users. +1 -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
