On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 11:36 -0400, Andrew Jaquith wrote: > we should store IDs and not names.
Of course we need to store the ID's (if they're going to be the only persistent unique identifier). But don't we also need to have the associated name "close by" as well (normalization notwithstanding) because of the value in keeping things readable by humans (debugging, etc.)? Clarifying my comment on page authors a bit, if a user creates/edits a page, changes his/her name, and then edits the same page some more, will others be able to determine that this is the work of the same person? Certainly JSPWiki knows (because of the ID), but I doubt if we're planning to display the uuid of each author (or are we?). <rant temperature=mild>As you know, I'm not a fan of giving users the option to change their login names. I don't see any real need/benefit for that, and I think the Laws of Unintended Consequences will eventually extract their full due.</rant>
