[Python-Dev] Tracker anonymity (original) (raw)

skip@pobox.com skip at pobox.com
Wed Dec 7 12:33:37 CET 2005

In c.l.py Paul Rubin wrote:

Paul> In the old days, it was possible to post stuff to Python's
Paul> sourceforge pages without logging in.  That was turned off for
Paul> various reasons that weren't bogus, but that didn't strike me as
Paul> overwhelmingly compelling.  Maybe that could be revisited, at
Paul> least for the category of documentation bugs and patches.

Any thoughts about maybe relaxing the login restriction? I know we had problems with anonymous submissions in the past (mostly inability to contact the requester for more info I think), but perhaps that downside is less important than the perception some people have that logging in is a barrier to submission.

Try it for a few months and see?

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