On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 6:55 AM, Martin Albisetti <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Alberto Mardegan > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > How are you obtaining the developer name? Is it from the login in the > store, > > or from the name of the click package? > > I'm just worrying about possible collisions, in case people name the > click > > package like it.mardy.apps.<appname>; if you get the developer name from > the > > click, you might be getting "apps" for many different users. > > Just like they are now, they are chosen by the developer. > Dots are no longer allowed in package or developer names, so it really > is packagename.developername, and once you own developername, noone > else can use it, so you can't get apps for other users. > > We do, however, require that that username isn't already claimed in > Launchpad by someone else. It's not enforced in software right now, > but if you abuse it you will likely loose it down the line. > > It doesn't seem that requiring a launchpad account for developers is viable as many do not and will not have them. This also implies someone can grab a developer name in LP after someone else has used it to publish. I would expect a store based registration. (which could in the backend use LP I suppose) Pat
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