On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM Steve McIntyre <[email protected]> wrote: > > [email protected] wrote: > >Why isn't spam in the bugs.debian.org pages cleaned up, or at least > >hidden? > > > >For instance, I had reported this one in 2021, and spam is still > >there: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=537198 > > It's a problem, yes. It needs manual effort to clean things up, and > people are struggling to find that effort compared to work on other > things. :-(
It sounds like delegation could be helpful. Delegation is a good alternative when the current team is out of capacity. Debian could add some folks to a role that allows patrolling for and the deletion of spam in the bug tracker and on the mailing lists. The folks would not be full admin; they would only be allowed to delete spam. I think there are a lot of folks who would help if there was a process in place. The downside is, some people like to micromanage, and other people with power don't like to share it. So it is hard for some people to give up power and delegate to others. This is a human problem, not a technical problem. Jeff
