Sadly this is carved from the fires of Mt Doom. -Chad
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014, 2:30 PM MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: > Chad wrote: > >On Wed Nov 26 2014 at 1:22:59 PM svetlana <[email protected]> > >wrote: > >> On Thu, 27 Nov 2014, at 02:26, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) wrote: > >> > [...] > >> > If we can't -2 the whole idea of required callsigns, > >> > >> Why can't we? > > > >Because Phabricator requires them for all repositories as a > >unique identifier. > > > >They're used primarily in URLs and in the database which is > >why they can't change. > > > >Repo names, on the other hand, can be changed every Friday > >if we wanted and are only used for display purposes. > > I don't think the database is carved in stone or anything. Many other > parts of the database are editable, after all. :-) > > The real question here is whether having non-optional callsigns is a > blocker to using Diffusion. Probably not. > > If we're stuck with using callsigns, the idea of using the shortest > possible strings (a four-character hash?) appeals to me. It seems vastly > preferable to bikeshedding over options that include > "ANALYTICS-GLOBAL-DEV-DASHBOARD-DATA" and "CENTRALNOTICE-BANNERPROXY" and > similar eyesores. 16*16*16*16 (A-F and 0-9) gives us 65,536 options. If > particular repos want specific available hashes (AAAA, FFFF), I'm fine > with allocating on a first-come, first-served basis. > > It'd also be helpful to nail down whether "-" or any other delimiter is > allowed in callsigns... for example, "OPSDEBSCXAPERTIUMBRFR" instead of > "OPS-DEBS-CX-APERTIUM-BR-FR" is going to bring only pain and regret. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
