> > I just noticed that we allow links to be renamed to include capital
 > > letters.  Is there any precedent for this?  In particular, I'm a little
 > > concerned that existing tools may not expect capital letters, and also may
 > > not be that careful in preserving or respecting case (e.g., if there's
 > > both a0 and an A0, confusion may result).
 > > 
 > I am not sure.
 > 
 > If everyone agrees that we should not allow capital letters, should we 
 > simply fail the naming operation, or we should automatically convert the 
 > given name to lower-case?

I'd think we'd fail it.  BTW, I know that dlpi(7P) has stated that
upper-case characters are legal -- I've just never seen it in practice.

-- 
meem

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