code.dlang.org name collision

rjframe dlang at ryanjframe.com
Fri Dec 22 13:26:38 UTC 2017


On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 11:34:21 +0000, user1234 wrote:

> On Friday, 22 December 2017 at 05:50:15 UTC, drug wrote:
>> 22.12.2017 01:11, Steven Schveighoffer пишет:
>>> On 12/21/17 4:55 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> [...]
>> We should also consider provider's name - github, bitbucket,
>> gitlab etc. Because there can be different (real) users with identical
>> names.
> 
> So true, it could even open the door to harmful cases of hijacking.
> Such an extension (same name) needs to be well thought.

Using the dub-registered name rather than the provider username wouldn't 
have this problem; and if a person uses multiple providers with different 
usernames, we would have consistency on the registry using a single name.


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