Re: bug-reporting instructions need clarification

[Jace Toronto]

On Wednesday, February 5, 2020, David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
> Jace Toronto via bug-lilypond <bug-lilypond@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > This is a bug report on the bug-reporting instructions at
> > http://lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, rather than in lilypond
> > itself, but this seems the likeliest place to reach someone who can
> > address that.
> >
> > The instructions in step 3 on this page strongly imply that one has to
> > be subscribed to bug-lilypond in order to post to it (in that if
> > that's not the case, the fact that there's no longer an interface for
> > doing so seems irrelevant).  But this email proves that being
> > subscribed is not necessary to post.  Could this step be reworded to
> > take out the mention of the lack of a posting interface -- or, if that
> > is relevant somehow, clarify what functionality is missing by not
> > having it?  Thank you.
> 
> I think that postings by non-subscribers may go through moderation, so
> they have a delay, sometimes considerable, before they appear and
> require some manual interaction.  For some people, that delay may be
> more of a nuisance than subscribing would be.

Thank you, this clarifies the situation to readers of this list.

My original post, of course, concerns readers of 
http://lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html who aren't subscribed to this 
list.  That page still has the unclear instructions cited above.

If this email list is not the right place to address bugs on lilypond.org, 
could someone direct me to the proper place?  Thank you.