Re: [Debconf-discuss] RFH: web interface and contacts database needed

2007-12-20 Thread MJ Ray
Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Captchas *DO* help, wiki.debconf.org spamrate dropped a hell of a lot > since it uses captchas. wiki.debconf.org is a bit of a different situation. Anyway, it doesn't seem to require captchas to interact, which is good. Its registration captcha also see

Re: [Debconf-discuss] RFH: web interface and contacts database needed

2007-12-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martin Albisetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.12.20.2055 +0100]: > I was also thinking maybe using SQLite instead of Postgre, which > comes bundled with PHP5 and seems it would handle it just fine. > Any reason why not to go down that path? a. that not all admins will install PHP b. that

Re: [Debconf-discuss] RFH: web interface and contacts database needed

2007-12-20 Thread Martin Albisetti
On Dec 20, 2007 12:23 PM, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.12.20.1604 +0100]: > > If its done in php that strictly limits the host it will run on to on in > > the UK, > > Why? Once this is resolved, I'll get working on it. I was also

Re: [Debconf-discuss] RFH: web interface and contacts database needed

2007-12-20 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 03:57:51PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > On 11239 March 1977, MJ Ray wrote: > > >> [...] There should be email confirmation, although I am not > >> sure that's really necessary, if we provide a simple captcha. [...] > > Please do not introduce eyesight, numeracy or general

Re: [Debconf-discuss] RFH: web interface and contacts database needed

2007-12-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.12.20.1604 +0100]: > If its done in php that strictly limits the host it will run on to on in > the UK, Why? -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ "all unser übel kommt daher, daß wir nicht allein sein können."

Re: [Debconf-discuss] RFH: web interface and contacts database needed

2007-12-20 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 11239 March 1977, MJ Ray wrote: >> [...] There should be email confirmation, although I am not >> sure that's really necessary, if we provide a simple captcha. [...] > Please do not introduce eyesight, numeracy or general knowledge tests. > A literacy test might have some grounds (journalists),

Re: [Debconf-discuss] RFH: web interface and contacts database needed

2007-12-20 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 11239 March 1977, martin f. krafft wrote: > also sprach Martin Albisetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.12.19.2255 +0100]: >> If you don't go down that path, I can cook up something custom in PHP5 >> + PostgreSQL. >> Just get back to me with a little detail on what it should do (and >> what fields w

Re: [Debconf-discuss] RFH: web interface and contacts database needed

2007-12-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.12.20.1328 +0100]: > > sure that's really necessary, if we provide a simple captcha. [...] > > Please do not introduce eyesight, numeracy or general knowledge tests. > A literacy test might have some grounds (journalists), but in general, > captchas are

Re: [Debconf-discuss] RFH: web interface and contacts database needed

2007-12-20 Thread MJ Ray
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] There should be email confirmation, although I am not > sure that's really necessary, if we provide a simple captcha. [...] Please do not introduce eyesight, numeracy or general knowledge tests. A literacy test might have some grounds (journalists

Re: [Debconf-discuss] RFH: web interface and contacts database needed

2007-12-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martin Albisetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.12.19.2255 +0100]: > If you don't go down that path, I can cook up something custom in PHP5 > + PostgreSQL. > Just get back to me with a little detail on what it should do (and > what fields we need to collect), and I'll get that done fairly >