Bug#540384: debbugs: disable -done for likely spam messages
On Fri, 07 Aug 2009, Mark Hedges wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > I'm almost certainly going to disable the closed control
> > interface in the not-to-far-distant future, so that's not
> > a viable alternative.
>
> Is it too late to ask why? It's sort of like a captcha
> to have to type the number in a control message...
Because it doesn't provide any indication as to *why* the bug is being
closed. The documentation of closed explains its deprecation.
> > In the end, though, helping us make the SA rules better is
> > generally a far better alternative.
>
> There's always going to be more spam which escapes the rules.
Sure, which is why the rules are constantly being improved, so that
the amount of spam that escapes the rules is kept to reasonable
levels.
Don Armstrong
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