Bug report on bugs.php.net requires cookie for CAPTCHAs
| From: | Nico R. | Date: | Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:49:35 +0000 |
| Subject: | Bug report on bugs.php.net requires cookie for CAPTCHAs | ||
| Groups: | php.mirrors | ||
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Dear php.net webmasters,
a few minutes ago, I tried to submit a bug report for a documentation
bug in PHP. I was not successful, because the system requires cookie
support in the user agent. Neither can I see the image, nor does the
alternative text presented make any sense in its context.
I had to read several times and to look at the source of the bug report
page <URL:http://bugs.php.net/report.php> sent to
my user agent and at
the source of CAPTCHA-related scripts
(<URL:http://bugs.php.net/source.php?url=/captcha-help.php>
and
<URL:http://bugs.php.net/source.php?url=/captcha-image.php>)
to identify
the problem and to find the right email addresses to write to.
Without cookie support in the user agent, I get a zero-sized reply when
the user agent requests the captcha. In this case and in the case of a
text browser as user agent, the alternative text for the image is
inserted, and the line on <URL:http://bugs.php.net/report.php> reads
"Type If you are unable to read this image, click the help link to the
right of the input box into this box...". This is very difficult to
parse for a human, IMHO.
Please make sure that reporting bugs is possible
a) without image support in the user agent,
and especially
b) without cookie support in the user agent.
If that should not be easily possible, I recommend putting the email
address of an appropriate PHP mailing list (or email account that
forwards mails to the bug tracking system) on the bug report page, so
that users can still report bugs. If you are concerned about spam, that
mailing list/pseudo email address would have to be moderated, though.
For the meantime, please tell me how to report the bug I discovered. If
that's not easily possible, I can send you the bug report via email.
It would be nice of you to provide feedback on this issue.
Many thanks,
and happy PHP hacking,
--
Nico