Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Jan 2002 16:28:51 +0100 | From | Rasmus Andersen <> | Subject | Re: Wanted: Volunteer to code a Patchbot |
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 04:11:05PM +0100, Rasmus Andersen wrote: > If I understand correctly, the bot would, in its basic incarnation, > accept patches (at patchbot@somewhere), stamp them with an uid, > and forward them to various places, e.g., lists, maintainers etc > and let the sumbitter know the patch uid. A mailing list archive > would then be the patch store. Basic filtering could be done by > the bot to reject non-patches etc.
Somehow, I totally forgot the security disclaimer for some of the points. Obviously, mindlessly patching a makefile and executing it would be a Bad Idea. If no satisfying solution to this can be found, this (execute/compile) step could be foregone.
Thanks to Tommy Faasen for raising this point.
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