I do think that in general I wouldn't want people to change their username to one that was used earlier (because I don't want to get confused thinking this editor is the one I knew, when it's someone else)
2017-03-13 07226, 2017
CatQuest
reosarevok: +1
2017-03-13 07233, 2017
reosarevok
But I guess that might only matter for a few, more active usernames, since I won't remember the other ones anyway :/
2017-03-13 07234, 2017
Gentlecat
reosarevok: but when would that happen?
2017-03-13 07248, 2017
saifulbkhan has quit
2017-03-13 07249, 2017
CatQuest
i think that's the main reason not to reuse them, actually
2017-03-13 07258, 2017
ruaok
Gentlecat: if a prominent person quits in a huff and deletes their account.
2017-03-13 07203, 2017
ruaok
a spoofer could come in right after.
2017-03-13 07207, 2017
Gentlecat
ah, right
2017-03-13 07209, 2017
Freso
Gentlecat: When you decide to change your MB username to RomanT and we get a new cat that wants GentleCat
2017-03-13 07211, 2017
SothoTalKer
ruaok: FB uses an internal ID for the user, as does MB ;)
2017-03-13 07217, 2017
CatQuest
common, cool names, and some one renames thmeselves inot soem other name thne someone else takes that oold name
2017-03-13 07218, 2017
Gentlecat
I was mostly thinking about spam accounts
2017-03-13 07231, 2017
CatQuest
saiy if i renamed myself "blup" tnhe someoen else went and took "catcat"
2017-03-13 07233, 2017
Gentlecat
sure, fair enough
2017-03-13 07212, 2017
CatQuest
on the other hand if soem spam account has a super cool name it woudl be a shame that it gets used up by it
2017-03-13 07220, 2017
ruaok
I dont have a good feeling which way people are leaning.
2017-03-13 07222, 2017
Gentlecat
perhaps there can be some kind of period where a username stays "reserved" and after that it can be taken
2017-03-13 07228, 2017
Freso neither
2017-03-13 07232, 2017
Quesito
least confusion option seems to be not to reuse user names....
2017-03-13 07232, 2017
zas
i think names recently used should be prevented to be reused, old ones not
2017-03-13 07235, 2017
reosarevok
We could do it in a case per case basis ("this username has been used, but it isn't in use now, if you want to use it, contact an admin") but it might be more work for nothing
2017-03-13 07247, 2017
Leftmost
I think the default should be to prevent reuse, but unused or spam accounts can be purged to allow them to be reused later.
2017-03-13 07249, 2017
CatQuest
and people who cue not othis might g oand make lots of accoutnts with "desirable" names and (offsite) be all "do this and this and yo ucan have that ccount"
2017-03-13 07254, 2017
Leftmost
What reo said, basically.
2017-03-13 07255, 2017
Freso
Leftmost++
2017-03-13 07255, 2017
ruaok
reosarevok: that is pretty ok, I think.
2017-03-13 07214, 2017
CatQuest
+1 zas
2017-03-13 07217, 2017
zas
perhaps just prevent re-using names used within last 3 months
2017-03-13 07225, 2017
CatQuest
oh i like reo's idea
2017-03-13 07243, 2017
CatQuest
Leftmost +1!
2017-03-13 07256, 2017
zas
+1 for reo if he is the admin contacted ;)
2017-03-13 07203, 2017
Freso
zas: I'd say 3 months is too short, but the specific time is bikeshed paint.
2017-03-13 07204, 2017
ruaok
let me sum up: "We should prevent re-use in general and implement 9271. However, if someone contacts an admin with a request to re-use and that request is reasonable, it will be granted"
2017-03-13 07208, 2017
ruaok
how do we feel about that?
2017-03-13 07215, 2017
Leftmost
+1
2017-03-13 07217, 2017
CatQuest
+1
2017-03-13 07218, 2017
CallerNo6
+1
2017-03-13 07218, 2017
Freso
ruaok: +1
2017-03-13 07223, 2017
Quesito
+1
2017-03-13 07228, 2017
zas
+42
2017-03-13 07231, 2017
CatQuest
hahaha
2017-03-13 07234, 2017
yvanzo
+zo
2017-03-13 07237, 2017
CallerNo6
nice
2017-03-13 07238, 2017
ruaok
lol
2017-03-13 07246, 2017
Leo_Verto[m]
+1
2017-03-13 07250, 2017
ruaok
bitmap: seem pretty clear, then, yes?
2017-03-13 07254, 2017
ruaok
+s
2017-03-13 07258, 2017
CatQuest
s? wtf
2017-03-13 07259, 2017
SothoTalKer
+1
2017-03-13 07202, 2017
bitmap
yep, sounds good
2017-03-13 07210, 2017
reosarevok
As a first case: do we then agree I can remove the PUID-only user, and rename the main user of this guy to it?
2017-03-13 07210, 2017
CatQuest
the s vote stands it
2017-03-13 07216, 2017
ruaok
ok, great. thanks. I will write the blog post after the meeting.
2017-03-13 07219, 2017
Leftmost
So we have 49zos as the tally.
2017-03-13 07219, 2017
ruaok
Freso: onward.
2017-03-13 07222, 2017
CatQuest
reosarevok: i say go
2017-03-13 07228, 2017
ruaok
reosarevok: +1
2017-03-13 07232, 2017
Freso
reosarevok: Sure.
2017-03-13 07234, 2017
Freso
Okay.
2017-03-13 07235, 2017
Freso
So.
2017-03-13 07239, 2017
Freso
We have ~3 minutes left.
2017-03-13 07248, 2017
Leo_Verto[m]
My topic is pretty short
2017-03-13 07251, 2017
Freso
Leo_Verto[m]: Do you think it's enough for BrainzBot?
2017-03-13 07254, 2017
Freso
Alright. Go go. :)
2017-03-13 07216, 2017
Leo_Verto[m]
Okay, so samj1912 did most of the work editing the existing github plugin to fit our needs
2017-03-13 07230, 2017
Leo_Verto[m]
the desired use case was looking up PRs similar to how we can currently look up JIRA issues
2017-03-13 07255, 2017
Leo_Verto[m]
so assuming the repo is part of the MeB org, you can add an abbreviation using @gh:abbreviation=repo_name
2017-03-13 07204, 2017
Leo_Verto[m]
and then get commits using gh:abbreviation#PR_number
