[plt-dev] Re: launchpad instead of gnats?

On Dec 10, Sam TH wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> > On Dec 10, Sam TH wrote:
> >> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> >> > On Dec 10, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> >> >> Questions to consider:
> >> >> [...]
> >> >
> >> > And more:
> >> >
> >> > * Is it possible to submit a bug in other ways than the web
> >> >  interface.  (An email interface will do.)
> >>
> >> Yes.  See here:
> >> https://help.launchpad.net/Bugs/EmailInterface
> >
> > I don't have time to read all of these in detail now, but this:
> >
> >  Launchpad only accepts email that is GPG signed.
> >
> > doesn't look good.
> 
> Why not?  It's not that hard to have a key that DrScheme uses to
> sign generated bug reports.  Did you expect them to allow arbitrary
> people to email them without any authentication?
> 
> They also have a (beta) web interface described here:
> https://help.launchpad.net/API

* Is it common to distribute an application with a "private" key?

* Can you do the signing in Scheme code so it can run on Windows?

* If all emails need to be signed, this means that everyone on the
  project need to use pgp?  (Nobody does, currently.)

* What about email replies from users?  (I personally intensely
  dislike bug systems like SVN's that force me to use their web
  interface to say something.)

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