Re: spam in bugs.debian.org pages

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
>
> vincent@vinc17.net wrote:
> >Why isn't spam in the bugs.debian.org pages cleaned up, or at least
> >hidden?
> >
> >For instance, I had reported this one in 2021, and spam is still
> >there:
> >  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=537198
>
> It's a problem, yes. It needs manual effort to clean things up, and
> people are struggling to find that effort compared to work on other
> things. :-(

It sounds like delegation could be helpful.  Delegation is a good
alternative when the current team is out of capacity.

Debian could add some folks to a role that allows patrolling for and
the deletion of spam in the bug tracker and on the mailing lists.  The
folks would not be full admin; they would only be allowed to delete
spam.

I think there are a lot of folks who would help if there was a process in place.

The downside is, some people like to micromanage, and other people
with power don't like to share it.  So it is hard for some people to
give up power and delegate to others.  This is a human problem, not a
technical problem.

Jeff