From: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
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To: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Bug form and attachments... |
Date: | 2016-05-15 16:27:43 |
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On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 4:00 AM, David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> So, bug #14137 was just filed and due to the lack of ability to attach
> files via the bug form the body of said message is inordinately long.
>
> Emails sent directly to the lists can have attachments so its not like we
> are prohibiting them as a general rule - though maybe the behavior is
> different on -bugs...
>
> Without testing I presume that the user filling in the bug report is
> emailed the message that they send - or at least it could be made to work
> that way.
>
The form gets sent to pgsql-bugs. If the user is subscribed to the list
they get a copy, if they're not they don't (and have to review it in the
archives).
> In lieu of (or in addition) to adding a file upload capability it would be
> nice to limit the general initial message size and inform the user that
> should they need to amend their posting, to include files or additional
> details, they can do so as a reply to their original message.
>
> I haven't given it too much thought but a couple recent incidents of
> super-verbose message bodies provoked me to at least voice my thoughts.
>
Limiting the length could certainly be done, and trivially so (we do
actually limit the length of the subject, just not the body). Any
suggestions for a reasonable actual limit? :)
Adding file upload capacity would be a lot more work. I think we need a
"better overall solution" for dealing with them before investing in that.
--
Magnus Hagander
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