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On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 3:18 PM Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> wrote: > Sawyer X writes: > > For this reason, we wish to move all Perl 5 RT tickets (open and closed) > > over to https://github.com/Perl/perl5. > > If any of that requires to open a Github account, then you've lost me. > I don't care how popular any platform you chose is, if it requires an > locked-in account to even file bugs then it's not suitable. > There are a couple important considerations here: 1. The current bug reporting process requires a working mailserver and the persistence to find out if your bug report actually worked -- they very commonly don't, I had to invent a specific process to ensure my reports get through, even being in constant contact with many of the developers in IRC. This is not suitable. 2. There are many solutions for mechanisms to allow anonymous bug reports to open issues on GitHub. It is a complicated problem to avoid replicating the spam management problem that lead to RT's online bug submission being disabled. 3. While it is important that potential reporters are able to submit reports, it's also important that the (volunteer and grant supported) developers are able to usefully manage the issues. I will wait for the mentioned Q&A before commenting further. -DanThread Previous | Thread Next