Trac Spam

[Zachary West]

double the reply DOUBLE THE FUN!

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 19:01, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. <evan.s at dreskin.net>
 wrote:

> I don't really buy this argument.
>
> 1. Click Register
> 2. Pick a name and password
> 3. No step three.
>
> We don't even require email validation.
>

I know I like to submit bug reports as much as the next guy, but I myself am
detracted from creating an account at every project. Bugzilla, Trac, etc.,
all non-linked. Annoying.


On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 19:04, Peter Hosey <boredzo at adium.im> wrote:

> There's no mechanism in the world that can do that. The problem is users
> don't search (and cannot feasibly search), and since a single problem may
> have up to a dozen ways of stating it (e.g.: contact list, contacts list,
> friends list, buddies list, …), even if they do search, it may not find
> anything.
>
>
Adium's Trac is so huge that Trac's search feature is next to useless. This
is also something Google has to offer us.


> > In any case, we could easily set Trac not to let users create tickets;
> moving to a whole new system is not needed for such a change. … my point is
> only that moving to a whole new system is not required to accomplish this.
>
> Several of us have said this already.
>
> The main reason why changing ticket systems is on the table is that, if
> we're going to start with a fresh DB, this would be a fine time to execute
> such a change if we want one.
>
>
>
Indeed.

Zac
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