Re: [Tools-discuss] Datatracker login for errata

[Jean Mahoney <[e-mail]>]

Hi all,

On 6/1/23 3:59 PM, Robert Sparks wrote:
>
> On 6/1/23 3:54 PM, Robert Sparks wrote:
>>
>> On 6/1/23 3:36 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>>> On 02-Jun-23 07:35, Jean Mahoney wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> On 5/28/23 4:27 PM, Bob Hinden wrote:
>>>>> John,
>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 28, 2023, at 2:14 PM, John R Levine <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 28 May 2023, Tim Wicinski wrote:
>>>>>>> Could the errata require email address confirmation or is that 
>>>>>>> too much?
>>>>>> I suppose so, SMOP.  The scripts are in the same place as the 
>>>>>> HTMLizer.
>>>>> Any way to see what percentage of non-spam errata are from people 
>>>>> who do have data tracker accounts?
>>>> [JM] For 2022, only 40% of the addresses that were used to report
>>>> non-spam errata can be linked to a datatracker account.
>>>
>>> I've lost track. Do you also see spam from people who *do* have a DT 
>>> account?
>>
>> I'll help answer that with real data, 
> Or not - the addresses that spam errata reports came from in 2022 
> aren't available.

[JM] The RPC deletes spam reports from the database, so query results 
can only contain addresses for non-spam reports.

Best regards,
Jean

>> but I'm not sure how knowing would affect what we're discussing?
>>
>> Assume the answer is yes, then what? It's not like they created the 
>> account to make errata reports so far. (Are you just trying to ask if 
>> people have already created junk datatracker accounts - the answer to 
>> that requires making some assumptions about whether an account that 
>> was created is then not used for anything other than perhaps getting 
>> onto the mailing-list global allow list, but I think we have rather a 
>> lot of them.
>>
>> If the answer is no, it's still not clear to me how that helps decide 
>> what barriers to put in front of the errata system.
>>
>>>
>>>    Brian
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Jean
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> John Levine, [e-mail], Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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>>>>>> https://jl.ly
>>>>>>
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