Re: [Tools-discuss] Feature request / bug -- new author added to draft -> no submission email.

[Henrik Levkowetz <[e-mail]>]

Hi Warren,

On 2013-06-28 19:46 Warren Kumari said the following:
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> I was recently added as a co-author on an (existing) draft. I made
> some changes (including adding myself to the authors section), bumped
> the version number, and went to the submission tool
> (https://datatracker.ietf.org/submit/).
> 
> I uploaded the draft and chose myself as the 'Submitter'. This took
> me to the standard page saying: "Your submission is pending email
> authentication. An email has been sent you with instructions." The
> email never arrived…..
> 
> Turns out that this is by design -- I had added myself as an author,
> and there is a rule that an existing author has to approve it (to
> stop shenanigans, etc).
> 
> My feature request: Could the "Your submission is pending email
> authentication" be modified to say something like: "You have
> attempted to add yourself to an already published draft. An existing
> author needs to do this. This submission has been cancelled, please
> ask an existing author to add you"?

Certainly.  I'd even call it a bug that there's no informative message like the
one you propose, in this case.

> If this is hard (e.g: because the web bit doesn't have the info),
> could there perhaps be an email sent to the submitter saying
> something similar?

The web bit should have the info.  Will fix.


Best regards,

	Henrik