From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12108 invoked by alias); 3 Mar 2014 16:12:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 12098 invoked by uid 89); 3 Mar 2014 16:12:29 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 03 Mar 2014 16:12:28 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 944E4116555; Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:12:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id lexdmH+gMLqO; Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:12:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AD781163C2; Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:12:26 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 534B6E00AF; Mon, 3 Mar 2014 08:12:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 16:12:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" Cc: Stan Shebs , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [GDB Wiki] Add editor privilege control Message-ID: <20140303161227.GL4860@adacore.com> References: <20140214030759.GC5485@adacore.com> <52FE61DD.6010000@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-03/txt/msg00003.txt.bz2 > With the present scheme, effective spam fighting requires ongoing > manual operations by you / tromey / whoever. > > Plus, the present scheme enables any spammer to create a moinmoin > userid, create a junk page, then leave. The problem is that every > such junk user bogs the wiki software down more and more: there are > some 4000 now, with 10+/day new ones coming. (Over at gcc/glibc, > before a cleanup, we had almost a hundred thousand (!), which was > enough to cause cgi/http timeouts to valid users.) Cleaning *those* > up is difficult without a whitelist such as the EditorGroup. That's really useful feedback, thank you! I also find it compelling that we have had a number of reverts done the last few weeks, which is not huge, but larger than the twice-per- quarter average we were counting on. -- Joel