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Re: bug reporting



On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 07:29:35PM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 01:11:48PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 04:47:04PM +0000, Zefram wrote:
> > > I've just mailed the list with a minor bug.  My first attempt to do
> > > so was rejected because I'm not subscribed to the list.  I don't
> > > want to stay subscribed -- I just want to report this one bug and
> > > correspond about just this bug -- so I didn't want to subscribe.  
> > 
> > That's an unfortunate reality...  Mailing lists get bombarded with
> > spam otherwise.  You just have to live with it.
> > 
> that line of argumentation does not make too much sense. from a user's
> point of view this is just an inacceptable state. the bts' ip address
> can be whitelisted by the ml software (if it can't, go an fix the
> software).

Well, he wasn't 100% clear, but I have to assume that his "first
attempt" was to send e-mail directly to the mutt-dev mailing list.
AFAIK if you submit a bug via the bug tracking system, you don't have
to be subscribed to the list...  I think that's perfectly reasonable
behavior.  He wasn't able to use the BTS because his client is
broken... that's a different problem.

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