Well, then, until we include a means to actually use this unique id, the problem isn't really fixed, is it?
On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 06:56 -0700, Andrew Jaquith wrote: > Let me be equally clear: yes, that's right. > > On Jun 10, 2008, at 3:02 AM, Terry Steichen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Let me be clear - what you're saying is that a unique identifier has > > been included in version 2.8 to uniquely distinguish a user, > > regardless > > of changes in name, but no specific method has yet been included to > > use > > it. Is that correct? > > > > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 23:23 -0700, Andrew Jaquith (JIRA) wrote: > > > >> [ > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JSPWIKI-267?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel > >> > >> ] > >> > >> Andrew Jaquith closed JSPWIKI-267. > >> ---------------------------------- > >> > >> Resolution: Fixed > >> Fix Version/s: 2.8 > >> > >> I added the UID property to user profiles for this purpose in 2.7.0- > >> svn-29. However, we are not using it strictly speaking for tracking > >> just yet. There are probably places in the code where we ought to > >> print UserProfile.getUid() to the log file, but that's a future > >> thing that we'll do as it makes sense. > >> > >> In the meantime, this bug is (strictly speaking) fixed. > >> > >>> No consistent means for maintaining a user's unique identity > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > >>> Key: JSPWIKI-267 > >>> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ > >>> JSPWIKI-267 > >>> Project: JSPWiki > >>> Issue Type: Bug > >>> Components: Authentication&Authorization > >>> Affects Versions: 2.6.2 > >>> Environment: All > >>> Reporter: Terry Steichen > >>> Assignee: Andrew Jaquith > >>> Fix For: 2.8 > >>> > >>> > >>> Now that we've modified JSPWiki to allow users to change not only > >>> their Name but also their login name, I don't see any way for > >>> JSPWiki administrator to keep track of users over time. For many > >>> reasons of administration, billing, user behavior management, I > >>> think there should be some way to unambiguously identify a > >>> particular user, no matter how often they may change their profile. > >>
