Follow-up Comment #5, bug #18653 (project freeciv):
I really feel strongly that the current behaviour is bad, and should be
reverted. A new reason is: I dump statistics to a database. The database does
not have a user 'Akfaew', but 'akfaew'. I can use nickname, which remains
'akfaew', but won't
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #18653 (project freeciv):
So, can this be reverted? I consider this a bug. There is no player named
'Dude'. Jacob, your nick would be displayed as 'Jtn', also incorrect, I
presume.
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Follow-up Comment #1, bug #18653 (project freeciv):
I couldn't find a case where the username (as specified by -n on the
command line or Login: in the client) case was munged, on a quick look. Can
you give a specific reproduction case?
The only possibility I can think of is the magic whereby if
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #18653 (project freeciv):
2: Lost connection: dude from xxx (client disconnected) (player Dude).
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Follow-up Comment #3, bug #18653 (project freeciv):
Ah... right. This appears to be a temporary player (leader) name invented
during the pregame based on the connection (user) name, before a nation (and
hence leader name) is chosen.
This happens in server_player_set_name(), with the uppercasing
URL:
http://gna.org/bugs/?18653
Summary: Upper case first letter of player name
Project: Freeciv
Submitted by: akfaew
Submitted on: Mon Sep 12 18:51:35 2011
Category: None
Severity: 2 - Minor
