On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Andreas Koenig < andreas.koenig.7os6v...@franz.ak.mind.de> wrote:
> > Maybe a better solution would be that the indexer would look at filename > conflicts, not at package name conflicts? > I'm not sure that would accomplish what we need. We want to use package name conflicts because packages already have ownership/permissions and we want to ensure that distribution names -- which are treated as unique identifiers by things like RT -- get controlled using the same permission system. This particular case seems like an unfortunate interaction between: * case-insensitive package names (to avoid the File::stat, File::Stat problem) * distribution names having to match a package name for which the uploader has permissions. If I understand correctly, the general public sees only 06perms, not the underlying tables so understanding the scope of the problem is difficult. My own quick scan of 06perms shows no case-conflicts (unless I did it wrong). How many case conflicts exist in the non-public tables? Maybe if the number is small enough we can resolve them with a heuristic or arbitrary decision. David -- David Golden <x...@xdg.me> Twitter/IRC: @xd
