[Python-Dev] Tracker anonymity

[Michael Hudson]

skip at pobox.com writes:

> In c.l.py Paul Rubin wrote:
>
>     Paul> In the old days, it was possible to post stuff to Python's
>     Paul> sourceforge pages without logging in.  That was turned off for
>     Paul> various reasons that weren't bogus, but that didn't strike me as
>     Paul> overwhelmingly compelling.  Maybe that could be revisited, at
>     Paul> least for the category of documentation bugs and patches.
>
> Any thoughts about maybe relaxing the login restriction?  I know we had
> problems with anonymous submissions in the past (mostly inability to contact
> the requester for more info I think), but perhaps that downside is less
> important than the perception some people have that logging in is a barrier
> to submission.
>
> Try it for a few months and see?

No way.  I see no reason to force the people who complain about this
to find another excuse to not do anything useful.

Cheers,
mwh
(harsh, but...)

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