bug#51694: Closing without action

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

Hi Michael,

OK, that's what I expected, but I had to ask.  Thanks!

May I publicly (hah) share your message to definitively close this
‘bug’ report?

Michael Albinus 写道：
> search engines will have indexed those bugs
> the bugs are spread via mailing lists

I might've been unclear: their request was not, AIUI, to make the 
data
disappear from ‘the Internet’ or its archives, so neither of the 
above
are relevant.  I agree that that would have been ludicrous, but it 
is
perfectly possible to edit your hosted copy…

…however, it's absolutely your prerogative to refuse as far as I'm
concerned[0], and I do sympathise with you not wanting to set this
kind of precedent.  Thanks for entertaining the question anyway! 
:-)

Kind regards,

T G-R

[0]: IANA(GDPR)L, and very glad of it.

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> Re: Removing personal info from existing bug
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> Tue, 09 Nov 2021 18:50:45 +0100
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> Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> writes:
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> > Hi!
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> Hi Tobias,
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> > We received a request to edit an existing bug[0] to remove the
> > submitters' full name, which was used by accident.  Is this possible?
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> >> Replace it
> >> with Botfiddler or Sven if you need a real name. Sorry for the
> >> bother
> >> and thanks.
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> > Double thanks from me if it is :-)
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> > Now…  they then went ahead and signed *that* request with their full
> > name.  Probably not understanding how the bug tracker works. If you
> > would be willing to also edit their name out of [1], we'd approach
> > triple levels of gratitude.
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> I'm sorry, but that won't work. The bug database is public, and so are
> the date. Many search engines will have indexed those bugs already,
> including the real names.
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> If you run a google search with "Fira Byvire Frirevav" (string puzzled
> with rot13), the third hit will show the message on
> <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/50371>.
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> Furthermore, the bugs are spread via mailing lists, for which we don't
> have control. Full data are contained as well.
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> > I'll explain the nature of the bug tracker to them now.
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> Please do.
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> > Kind regards,
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> > T G-R
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> Best regards, Michael.
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