> On 15. Jan 2025, at 00:37, Michael Gold <mich...@bitplane.org> wrote: > > Can you create an account for me? I don't think I have one, and the > registration page links to a non-existent "captcha.png" image which > I'm assuming is mandatory. Trying to load it shows a web page saying > "No handler matched request to /captcha.png".
Interesting, other people seem to be able to register just fine. I have just tried to create an account “michael_gold” for you, hopefully you can reset the password now to gain access to it. > If you're interested, it seems that it might be possible to subscribe to > Debian bug reports via the package tracker: > https://tracker.debian.org/accounts/login/?next=/pkg/mc > (I've never done it, and its documentation link is currently broken, so > I can't tell for sure. I don't see any way to subscribe to a package > via the bug tracker, which would be more convenient.) That would be too much for me, I’m barely using Debian these days and I have more mail than I can handle via our upstream tracker. > I haven't thought about this in a long time, and don't think I've ever > looked into the integrated test suite. Maybe one day it'll happen, > though probably not soon. > > I remember feeling, like ossi, that there was some sort of larger design > flaw here. I don't recall whether I considered either of my proposed > changes a proper fix, or understood the code well enough to determine > that. Oh, I didn’t realize that this bug is now 1 year old :) - I thought it was just created... > I did say that my test might not be reliable; so, we may want to figure > out something better for that. If mc could be made to log certain > diagnostics, for example, that might help (or it might change the timing > so much as to defeat the purpose). Hmmm, I think I’ve missed the point that the test is actually probabilistic. That’s annoying, indeed.
