Bug 269096 - Uncertainty surrounding the kern@ email address
Summary: Uncertainty surrounding the kern@ email address
Status: Open
Alias: None
Product: Services
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Bug Tracker (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Some People
Assignee: Bugmeister
URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/bug...
Keywords: needs-qa
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2023-01-22 15:47 UTC by Graham Perrin
Modified: 2023-09-11 06:07 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-01-22 15:47:34 UTC 
Created attachment 239641 [details]
Screenshot: Bugzilla accepting kern@

The address is valid (autocompleted) for assignee and CC purposes, however: 

* the validity is questionable

– e.g. bsdimp#3605 at <https://discord.com/channels/727023752348434432/757305573866733680/1058969233767288832>

> I don't think kern@ is a valid address... addresses aren't verified...

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If kern@ is a valid email address: should it ever be used for kern bugs? 

<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/describecomponents.cgi?product=Base%20System> shows bugs@ by default.
Comment 1 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-01-22 15:56:14 UTC 
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_activity.cgi?id=252227> 252227 is amongst the handful of bugs that have used the kern@ address. 

I found just one report with kern@ as the assignee. Bug 268492 comment 10 changes this.
Comment 2 Graham Perrin 2023-09-11 06:04:38 UTC 
Mina, hi, bug 272332