On Thu, 7 Jul 2022 at 03:52, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm happy to write a patch if you can give me a hint where the code is that > looks at reserved-ids so I can write an update to the red box.
Note that re-using a reserved ID could mess up code provenance - effectively it means someone can take over someone else's ID. Not exactly identity theft, but with many of the same potential consequences. Sorry, but I see no valid reason to differentiate why an id is disallowed, so doing research on it is work I don't wish to undertake. If you wish to know personally whether an entry is in the reserved list or not, just look at the file which I think is a sibling to iclas.txt. > Thanks, > Craig > > On Jul 6, 2022, at 16:05, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Jul 2022 at 23:53, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks for the explanation. How do we prevent it in future? > > > How often does it occur? > > Can we add reserved names to https://people.apache.org/committer-index.html > which is where we send people to check if their preferred id is already > available? > Perhaps entries like this: > SVN ID Name > jacek <reserved> > > And surely we can add a red box warning for the secretary to understand that > this is a reserved name? Warning: the requested id is in the reserved-ids.yml > list. > (Proceed anyway?) > > > Does it really matter why the id is invalid? > > Whatever the reason, it cannot be used. > > Seems like completely unnecessary work, given how infrequent this is. > > Thanks, > Craig > > On Jul 6, 2022, at 14:48, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Because it is not allowed. > > See reserved-ids.yml > > On Wed, 6 Jul 2022 at 19:14, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I filled the form and the committer id should be jacek. But the field is red > and it does not try to request the account. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Craig > > Craig L Russell > Assistant Secretary, Apache Software Foundation > c...@apache.org http://db.apache.org/jdo > > > Craig L Russell > c...@apache.org > > > Craig L Russell > c...@apache.org >
