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Re: bug reporting workflow is outdated



On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:44:35PM +0200, Pedro Larroy wrote:
> I think expecting having a working smtp on laptops, workstations, etc,
> is unreasonable these days.

You don't have to have an MTA installed.  You just have to have some MUA
capable of accepting a premade message that can be edited by the user.
I don't have a working MTA on my laptop (nor do I want one), but I
report lots of bugs using mutt.

> I suggest that we can make an HTTP based bug reporting method.

I think that's a terrible idea.  I do not want to constantly check a
website to see if I have new messages.  Using an email-based method
means that someone who needs to contact me about the status of a bug can
do so trivially.

Besides the fact that *I* think it's a bad idea, apparently the BTS
administrators do, too: #277744 is marked wontfix.

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