xsession-errors file has gone rabid, eating up all the free disk space

[Bob]

** Reply to message from Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com> on Thu, 2 Jul 2020
01:26:04 +0100

> On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 05:15:36AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> > Unfortunately, the bug reporting process apparently requires an
> > account to be created, with an extra new password, and I am too old
> > and have too many passwords and PIN's, and it is difficult enough to
> > remember what I am doing, sometimes, without adding to the memory
> > overload.
> 
> The practice of using a password manager is great; I recommend it.  My
> dad started using one a couple of years ago (he's now in his early 80s)
> and found it a great improvement, since he now has fewer things he has
> to remember.

It is not just for older people, which at this time I am a senior citizen, I
have been using a password manager for more than 25 years because I understand
security.  I never reuse a password.  All my passwords are random and at least
8 bytes, most longer.  If most people used a password manager there would be
almost no hackers breaking into users accounts, be safe and use one.


> > If all they required, for reporting a bug, would be to send an email
> > message, as I had done to the mailing list, to something like a bug
> > reporting facility, I could cope with that, but, having to create and
> > use new login access accounts, is too much.
> 
> Sorry, we're not going to make such a change: developers often need to
> be able to communicate with bug reporters, while avoiding it being
> trivial to spam people by forging email addresses and such.  In this day
> and age, an unverified email address just doesn't cut it for that.

I have no problem signing up to report problems, that keeps idiots from
polluting the data base for their own amusement.

-- 
Robert Blair


Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.  -- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)