Follow-up: I re-applied using a different username, given the following
further feedback on IRC:
<mneptok> Firefox can't find the server at www.knocte.com.
<mneptok> http://mneptok.com
<knocte> mneptok: ??
<knocte> mneptok: do you mean I could get that username if I had
the
domain?
<mneptok> i'm "mneptok" on IRC, IM, Skype, and every host i use
ecept
GNOME. i had to use initials here.
<mneptok> ;)
<mneptok> if i cannot use :mneptok" then you cannot use "knocte"
:)
<knocte> mneptok: right, that's why I'm advocating to at least
use my
lastname, not some weird incarnation
<knocte> you at least could use your initials
<knocte> but my initials? aa ?
<bkor> not easily connectable to your name
<bkor> this is in the FAQ
<mneptok> i think the question WRT to last name only is "what do
we do
when someone wants 'smith'?"
<knocte> bkor: exactly, this is why I want my lastname
<knocte> but smith is not MAX_LENGTH
<knocte> my problem is that my lastname doesn't allow more
letters for
my name
<knocte> it's a special case
<bkor> happens more often
<bkor> anyway, have you tried putting in the 1st letter of your name +
lastname?
<mneptok> there is no MIN_LENGTH, so "smith" would be valid. and
confusing. and setting a "last name only" precedent would make the
argument against "smith" more difficult.
<knocte> bkor: aaragonese ?
<bkor> knocte: if a is your first name, yes
<knocte> mneptok: my point is that one cannot advocate a
"lastname-only" username with "Smith" because len (Smith) != 10
<knocte> bkor: sorry but that username sounds ridiculous
<bkor> ok, so I guess we have come to a conclusion now
<mneptok> knocte: there is no MIN_LENGTH
<knocte> mneptok: sorry but I don't think you understand me.
Smith can
be preceded by letters, my lastname not
<mneptok> knocte: "last name only" is not a precedent i am
willing to set.
<bkor> mneptok: mango allows more characters than official policy
<bkor> just to avoid discussions
<bkor> official is less, then we allow more
<mneptok> so aaragoneses would work
<bkor> yes
<mneptok> so there it is.
<knocte> ok, re-applying
<knocte> thx
El 15/03/10 20:49, "Andrés G. Aragoneses" escribió:
>
> Hello.
>
> May I request a bit of help here? In IRC, mneptok advised me to write to
> this e-mail account about my problem registering my new Git account with
> Mango.
>
> Please see below the conversation for more information. Thanks in advance.
>
> <knocte> hello, I think mango (
> https://mango.gnome.org/new_account.php
> ) is not working for me, anyone who could help?
> <mneptok> could you be more specific than "not working?"
> <knocte> mneptok: yes, when I submit the form the word UserName
> is
> highlighted in red, and I see a text at the top that says "Note: Please
> read the following page first: http://live.gnome.org/NewAccounts.";, yet
> it doesn't tell me what's wrong with the username, and I've already read
> that page
> <mneptok> what are you putting as a username?
> <knocte> I guess that the form validation code is wrong, it may
> be
> refusing usernames with length == 10, when the rule is to be 10 as
> maximum, so > 10 should be the forbidden
> <knocte> my lastname: aragoneses
> <mneptok> no diacriticals?
> <knocte> mneptok: no
> <knocte> I'm trying to look at mango's sources but I don't find
> the
> line where it validates the username.. :/
> <mneptok> knocte: do you have an existing GNOME account for
> CVS/SVN/git, an e-mail alias, etc?
> <knocte> mneptok: I guess not, but I have the impression that my
> patches have been committed by the maintainers using the "knocte"
> username, can you check if that's relevant?
> <knocte> my email is knocte at gmail dot com
> <mneptok> i think what is causing it then is the use of the last
> name
> alone. we prefer something more uniquely identifiable.
> <knocte> thing is, my lastname is already the maximum number of
> characters
> <knocte> when I worked for novell, my username in the mono repo
> was
> "aaragoneses"
> <knocte> but that is 11
> <knocte> and that is way too ugly (two 'a' at the beginning)
> <mneptok> right, so maybe "aaragon" or something?
> <knocte> huh, I don't know
> <knocte> is it really a problem to just have aragoneses? it's a
> pretty
> uncommon lastname
> <mneptok> not a call i'm willing to make on my own
> <knocte> (even in my country)
> <knocte> mneptok: who should we talk with then?
> <mneptok> knocte: gnome-infrastructure@
> <mneptok> knocte: but i'm not really sure this rises to the level
> of
> needing the sysadmin team to review the request. is an alternate
> username really that big of an issue?
> <knocte> mneptok: I would definitely prefer to have less
> different
> usernames in my head, it really helps also to be able to have your
> source code/patches identified by a single username to improve googability
> <knocte> if I cannot get "knocte" as my username, I want to
> definitely
> try at least with my lastname
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