Re: new contributor annoyances (was Re: Interesting learnings about Guix contributor dynamics that apply to Debian?)
On May 27, 2025 19:17, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> wrote:
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> Julien Plissonneau Duquène <sre4ever@free.fr> writes:
> I would be worried about dropping the manual approval due to the sheer
> volume of sophisticated automated spam account creation attacks on any
> sort of authentication process with automatic sign-up.
With my Salsa admi hat on, spending sooo much time on acct approval: THANKS. Indeed, it is annoying us a lot, Salsa users too, but anyone sending us a quick email always receives a reply in due time. This indeed is better than having bots spamming all of Salsa.
I like the invitation from a DD idea, that would avoid the pending approval phase for a new account, but I have no clue how to implement it.
Cheers,
Thomas Goirand (zigo)
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