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Ash Berlin-Taylor commented on AIRFLOW-3535:
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100% agreed.
We'll need to check if Flask-AppBuilder supports this though :(
> Airflow should collect display names, not Firstname / Lastname
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> Key: AIRFLOW-3535
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AIRFLOW-3535
> Project: Apache Airflow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: database, ui
> Affects Versions: 1.10.1
> Reporter: James Meickle
> Priority: Minor
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> We use Google OAuth to provision our Airflow accounts. This creates "user
> names" of "google_12345", with the corresponding email address. The first and
> last name of the user are pulled into the corresponding Airflow fields.
> In general, though, First Name / Last Name is not considered a good pattern
> for user systems unless they are actually critical to handle business logic.
> Further reading on problems that can cause here:
> https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
> We should condense these fields into a totally freeform "Display Name", and
> use that more consistently in the UI. For example, in AIRFLOW-3442, an
> internal username is displayed rather than a display name. (In the case of an
> audit log, the right value is probably: `Display Name (internal_name)`.)
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