Re: Missing bug-report numbers?

On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 08:30 +0000, Dave Page wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > There's somebody over in pgsql-bugs complaining about lack of response
> > to his bug report #4593.  Well, no such bug number came by here, nor is
> > it in the archives.  The adjacent bug numbers are also missing, and I
> > notice quite a few other gaps.  What might be the cause of missing
> > bug numbers?
> 
> Many are spam. Because we don't require a community registration to
> log bugs, we often got junk submissions from bots/idiots. Because the
> form sends the bugs as though they were from the submitter, most are
> then caught in the moderation queue where they get zapped. It's
> possible that a real one got lost that way of course.
> 
> I'd prefer to require a community account, but others have wanted to
> keep the bug-reporting bar as low as possible in the past.

Perhaps it is time to re-open that discussion. 

Joshua D. Drake

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