Re: BUG #5087: Submitted bug reports not showing up in a timely manner (or at all) - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #5087: Submitted bug reports not showing up in a timely manner (or at all)
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Msg-id 17900.1254263736@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #5087: Submitted bug reports not showing up in a timely manner (or at all)  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> I think this system is silly, error prone (it's way too easy to hit the
> wrong key, particularly if traffic is large) and slow.  If we want to
> reject spam in a web form, we shouldn't be using a mailing list spam
> moderation system.  I think we should be using a "captcha" system like
> recaptcha.

Captchas are annoying and have been pretty much broken by the spammers
anyway, other than the ones that are so hard that humans can't reliably
do them either (see: annoying).  We should *not* do this.  Especially
so in view of the comment upthread that bug-form traffic is only a
small part of the moderation load.

            regards, tom lane

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