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diff --git a/docs/issues/repo_name_limit.mdwn b/docs/issues/repo_name_limit.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a7725c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/issues/repo_name_limit.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +* Status: [[!taglink open]] <!-- Choose one: open, closed --> +* Assigned to: [[!taglink jrayhawk]], [[!taglink jblake]] <!-- Choose one or more: jrayhawk, jblake --> +* Priority: [[!taglink now]] <!-- Choose one: now, soon, later --> +* Opened by: jrayhawk + +### Discussion +Problem: Repository names are restricted to 24 characters by the groupname limit in libc6 plus our use of the ikiwiki- prefix. + +Possible solution: optional use of truncated md5 (the first character needing to be a letter) hash of reponame as groupnames, restriction of usernames to 31 characters to keep namespaces isolated, check in newrepo for hash collision before actions are taken |