#471 handle usernames with "-" and "_"
Originally created by: sf-overlords
Created by: noostendorp
Created date: 2010-05-26 17:34:49.879000
Assigned to:rcopeland
Problem:
SF.net username policy only allows dashes in usernames, but historically there are more than a couple hundred thousand users which have underscores.
NewForge turns usernames into project names, and uses project names as part of DNS (for e-mail integration), classic forge allows userweb which turns usernames into dns. In both cases underscores are not allowed.
Proposed solution:
Treat all underscore characters in usernames as dashes. If there are any usernames that differ only by the use of a dash instead of an underscore treat them as a bug.
Newforge will have to:
- make dashes acceptable and deal with escaping for mongo project names.
- treat underscores as equivelent to dashes for usernames (create dashed project names, etc)
Classic forge will have to:
- Make new conflicts between _ and - usrenames illegal.
SOG/support will have to:
* come up with a plan to migrate the users who currently violate the _ and - cannot disambiguate usernames rule.
Originally by: sf-overlords
Post by rcopeland:
Originally by: sf-overlords
Post by rcopeland: