Re: Reporting Spam in Debian Bugs (and geogebra 4.2+ is non-free btw)?
On Sun 17 Nov 2019 at 21:01:16 +0100, Linux-Fan wrote:
> I just came across the following bug:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692728
> It is really a shame that the program is no longer licensed freely*** :(
>
> If one scrolls down to the last message of the bug, it seems to be spam and
> a dangerous one at that with a suspicious .zip attachment. I have not
> checked it's contents though.
>
> However, wanting to report it as spam, I pressed the link at
> "Send a report that this bug log contains spam." which leads to a
> confirmation page:
>
> Verify report for bug 692728
> Yes, report that bug 692728 has spam
>
> Now I am not sure (maybe it's a language thing): Is it OK to continue
> eventhough most of the bug is quite important discussion and only the last
> message is spam? Will that work as intended (only removing the last message)
> when I continue on that page?
Continue with reporting the spam message. It does not remove the bug
record. You will not bring the BTS to its knees by doing this.
In fact, it does not remove the spam. That has to be done by hand by
a user who is involved in spam removal.
--
Brian.
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