Also insert the (relevant parts of the) comment into the database

scripts/sreview-reply

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ $comment->execute($nonce) or die "Cannot fetch comments!";
 
 my $formatter = Text::Format->new(firstIndent => 0);
 open my $start, ">", "/tmp/reply-$nonce" or die "Cannot open reply file!";
-my $instructions = $formatter->paragraphs("Please reply to this email with your comments. Any use of a '#' character introduces a comment; comments will be removed before sending. If you wish to abort, make sure the word 'ABORT' appears in the (uncommented part of the) reply.");
+my $instructions = $formatter->paragraphs("Please reply to this email with your comments. Any use of a '#' character introduces a comment; comments will be removed before sending. If you wish to abort, make sure the word 'ABORT' appears in the (not-commented part of the) reply.\n\nAny (not-commented) lines that appear after the '#----' line will be entered as a comment in the database");
 $instructions .= "\n";
 $instructions =~ s/^/# /gm;
 print $start "$instructions";
@@ -39,17 +39,30 @@ while(my $row = $comment->fetchrow_hashref()) {
 	$para =~ s/^/   /gm;
 	print $start "$para\n";
 }
+print $start "#----\n";
 close $start;
 
 system("sensible-editor", "/tmp/reply-$nonce");
 
 my $reply = "";
+my $dbcomment = "";
+my $is_db = 0;
+my $found_db = 0;
 open my $reply_file, "<", "/tmp/reply-$nonce" or die "Cannot open reply file!";
 LINE:
 foreach my $line (<$reply_file>) {
+	if($line =~ /^#----$/) {
+		$is_db = 1;
+	}
 	next if $line =~ /^#/;
 	$line =~ s/#.*//;
 	$reply .= $line;
+	if($is_db) {
+		$dbcomment .= $line;
+		if($line =~ /^.+$/) {
+			$found_db = 1;
+		}
+	}
 }
 close $reply_file;
 unlink "/tmp/reply-$nonce";
@@ -58,6 +71,15 @@ if($reply =~ /ABORT/) {
 	exit 0;
 }
 
+if($found_db) {
+	chomp $dbcomment;
+	my $add_comment = $dbh->prepare("WITH talkdata(comment, id, state) AS (SELECT ?, id, state FROM talks WHERE nonce = ?) INSERT INTO commentlog(comment, talk, state) SELECT * FROM talkdata");
+	$add_comment->execute($dbcomment, $nonce) or die $!;
+	$reply .= "\n\n(this comment was also entered into the system)";
+} else {
+	$reply .= "\n\n(this comment was NOT entered into the system)";
+}
+
 my @recips;
 my $title;
 foreach my $mailer (@{$mailers->fetchall_arrayref({})}) {