Package: bugs.debian.org
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
bugs.debian.org runs debbugs, which is architected to require all
manipulation commands to happen via email: to close a bug, to mark a
bug fixed in some version of a package, etc. This is all good.
However, bugs.debian.org is targeted by much spam, and has quite
strict spam filtering. This causes some delays in email processing.
This is not good.
I often have the situation that when I want to manipulate a bug, I
have to wait for quite long times to receive a response from
bugs.debian.org. As an example, I have used the following command
earlier today, in order to reassign a bug to the correct package:
bts reassign 890628 cmdtest
I ran that command at 08:15 local time. It is now 08:53, and I have
not received a response. This is detrimental to my getting this task
done: use the bts command rarely enough that I want to check the
results, from the bugs.debian.org web interface, to make sure the
command worked correctly. Having to wait makes this harder. Worse, I
have no way to know if the command will ever be processed: the
bugs.debian.org spam filter may have eaten it completely. I may have
to time-out on waiting and try again.
Would it be possible to have a "fast lane" for mails that are clearly
not spam? Such as PGP signed mail or mail that has debbugs control
commands?
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