Re: make mkpatches broken

[Nivedita Singhvi <niv@us.ibm.com>]

Ian Pratt wrote:

> Several of the the team are of the strong view that requiring users to
> create an account and login to submit a bug means that many bugs don't
> get submitted out of laziness. 

That does happen, and it would be nice to make it as
easy as possible.

> I guess the simplest hack would just be to change the bugzilla login
> dialogue such that it tells people to login with an acount called 'bug'
> password 'bug' if they don't want to create a real account.

Right. Note that the bugzilla account also requires an email.
Further communication with the submitter then occurs through
this email (more info, status, etc). This avoids the need for
the submitter to include contact information in the bug report.

You would need to set up a dummy email or redirect the anonymous
bug reports to a mailing list. You might have to deal with hit
and runs (i.e. submissions, with submitters never checking the
report/list again). This was a significant disadvantage to
anonymous submissions.

Perhaps you manage by incorporating both in the bug handling
business:
	- a bugzilla with accounts for those who are
	  motivated, and will follow up with testing of
	  patches etc..
	- a mailing list to report bugs on for those
	  who don't want to take the trouble to login
	  (a mailing list that allowed non-submitter posts).
	  You then have the option of having someone
	   enter that report in the bug database if desired..
	  This could be xen-devel, for that matter.


thanks,
Nivedita