A bug reporter surprised by their information going to public mailing list.

From: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: A bug reporter surprised by their information going to public mailing list.
Date: 2020-09-27 21:37:13
Message-ID: CAApHDvpbEw1EyHAFJ_p__Zb7=vmX1GeCDcT2=WQoW6eXAf_Gfw@mail.gmail.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-www

In [1] Brian got a bit caught out when he missed the text on the bug
reporting form that says:

"By submitting a bug through this form you agree that all contents of
the bug report, including your personal information as listed, will be
posted to the public pgsql-bugs mailing list, and archived in the
public list archives."

I figured that could have been much worse than it was.

Maybe it's not worth spending too many cycles for people that bypass
the warning text, but I thought I'd mention the idea that this could
be backed up by a check box just above the submit and send email
button which has the text "I understand that this report will be
emailed to a public mailing list". The submit would be disallowed
until the user checks the checkbox.

Does anyone think it's worth adding?

David

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAAk_qnGumHD6kBiiexd8WQ1jnPpUSXhOu5XiCAvWatZAaKaRfQ@mail.gmail.com

Responses

Browse pgsql-www by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Jonathan S. Katz 2020-09-27 21:53:25 Re: A bug reporter surprised by their information going to public mailing list.
Previous Message ourdiaspora 2020-09-27 08:43:53 Re: community social media