#387 - [Proposal] - Use `-` instead of `.` for future usernames - Disroot/Disroot-Project - Disroot Forgejo: Brace yourself, merge conflicts ahead.

muppeth commented

2022-12-04 10:07:58 +01:00

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ActivityPub service prevent dots in usernames. This poses an issue with users who do use dots. To prevent future users from having this issue I suggest to prevent username creation with dots and allow with -.

ActivityPub service prevent dots in usernames. This poses an issue with users who do use dots. To prevent future users from having this issue I suggest to prevent username creation with dots and allow with `-`.

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meaz commented

2022-12-09 18:20:19 +01:00

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I agree about forbidding username with dots

avg_joe commented

2022-12-09 21:34:06 +01:00

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i'm not that confident with that idea.
first of all, what about all users that setup username in the past with a dot?
second surname.lastname@example.tld is a very very common style for mail, that probably more users care about.

i'm not that confident with that idea. first of all, what about all users that setup username in the past with a dot? second surname.lastname@example.tld is a very very common style for mail, that probably more users care about.

avg_joe commented

2022-12-09 21:48:40 +01:00

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is there a technical solution possible, like:
if user.user login @fe.disroot via ldap user-user@fe.disroot.org gets created/used as username for that service. (if free)
of course there's a corner case...

is there a technical solution possible, like: if user.user login @fe.disroot via ldap user-user@fe.disroot.org gets created/used as username for that service. (if free) of course there's a corner case...

muppeth commented

2022-12-12 21:53:22 +01:00

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I am testing idea of replacing dot with dash for existing users, but since this is the possible issue in long run, I dont see why not replace dots with dashes for all future users. This solves possible issues with activity pub applications.

muppeth commented

2022-12-12 21:57:10 +01:00

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btw. there is an open issue on mastdon about this https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/13986

meaz commented

2022-12-18 09:05:09 +01:00

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btw. there is an open issue on mastdon about this https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/13986

opened two years ago, and not much activity!

> btw. there is an open issue on mastdon about this https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/13986 opened two years ago, and not much activity!

meaz referenced this issue

2022-12-22 12:48:58 +01:00

[Pleroma] - Unsupported LDAP usernames with dot? #209

muppeth commented

2023-01-04 21:49:19 +01:00

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We have decided to temporarily disable dots in userames until we find proper future proof solution.

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2023-01-04 21:49:20 +01:00

[Proposal] - Use - instead of . for future usernames #387

[Proposal] - Use `-` instead of `.` for future usernames #387