On Mon Dec 01 2014 at 8:28:50 PM Krinkle <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 27 Nov 2014, at 20:02, Merlijn van Deen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 26 November 2014 at 23:29, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If we're stuck with using callsigns, the idea of using the shortest > >> possible strings (a four-character hash?) appeals to me. > >> If > >> particular repos want specific available hashes (AAAA, FFFF), I'm fine > >> with allocating on a first-come, first-served basis. > > > > I've fiddled a bit with this in the style of tail numbers / actual > > radio call signa: first letter is a category (country in a call sign), > > the rest is assigned as a number, unless someone wants a specific one. > > > > (..) > > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Diffusion/ > Callsign_naming_conventions/Existing_repositories_valhallasw > > > > +1 as well. Like the restricted length. Not sure 4 is enough, but we can > always grow later on. > > /[A-Z]{4}/ produces 456976 possibilities. I don't think we'll run out anytime soon :) -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
