I'm happy to write a patch if you can give me a hint where the code is that looks at reserved-ids so I can write an update to the red box.
Thanks, Craig > On Jul 6, 2022, at 16:05, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Jul 2022 at 23:53, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com > <mailto:apache....@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the explanation. How do we prevent it in future? > > How often does it occur? > >> Can we add reserved names to https://people.apache.org/committer-index.html >> which is where we send people to check if their preferred id is already >> available? >> Perhaps entries like this: >> SVN ID Name >> jacek <reserved> >> >> And surely we can add a red box warning for the secretary to understand that >> this is a reserved name? Warning: the requested id is in the >> reserved-ids.yml list. >> (Proceed anyway?) > > Does it really matter why the id is invalid? > > Whatever the reason, it cannot be used. > > Seems like completely unnecessary work, given how infrequent this is. > >> Thanks, >> Craig >> >>> On Jul 6, 2022, at 14:48, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Because it is not allowed. >>> >>> See reserved-ids.yml >>> >>> On Wed, 6 Jul 2022 at 19:14, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I filled the form and the committer id should be jacek. But the field is >>>> red and it does not try to request the account. >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Craig >>>> >>>> Craig L Russell >>>> Assistant Secretary, Apache Software Foundation >>>> c...@apache.org http://db.apache.org/jdo >>>> >> >> Craig L Russell >> c...@apache.org Craig L Russell c...@apache.org
