On Mon Dec 01 2014 at 9:09:18 PM Chad <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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/Callsig >> n_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 :) > > So I'm thinking people are liking where we've ended up on callsigns...at least I haven't seen any major objections in the last day or so. Do we have a rough consensus? If so, could we move Merlijn's table over the messy original one and update the guidelines to match the new plan? Once that's done I'd be glad to close out T1314 and we can start importing repositories. -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
