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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 16:28:51 +0100
From: Rasmus Andersen <rasmus@jaquet.dk>
To: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>,
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Subject: Re: Wanted: Volunteer to code a Patchbot
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In-Reply-To: <20020130161105.E9765@jaquet.dk>; from rasmus@jaquet.dk on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 04:11:05PM +0100
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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.

Regards,
  Rasmus
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