On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Ken Dreyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:52 AM, Peter Kjellerstedt > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Couldn’t you just change the validation in app/models/user.rb that > validates > > the length of the login to be between 3 and 40 characters to allow 2 to > 40 > > instead? That is what we have done here… > > My concern with this approach is that it will be overwritten in future > Gitorious version upgrades. > > That said, usernames of two characters do not seem unreasonable in > general. Gitorious devs, any reason for choosing a three-character > limit instead of two? > Although I wasn't around at the time, I would think it either had to do with a higher probabilty for uniqueness with a three char username or the risk of brute force attacks on shorter usernames? - Marius -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
