#29939: Change the length of the Group Name from 80 to something much higher
like
255
-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
Reporter: John Piotrowski | Owner: Timothy
Type: | Allen
Cleanup/optimization | Status: assigned
Component: contrib.auth | Version: 2.1
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: Group, Name, | Triage Stage:
MaxLength | Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 1 | UI/UX: 0
-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
Changes (by Timothy Allen):
* owner: nobody => Timothy Allen
* status: new => assigned
* type: Bug => Cleanup/optimization
Comment:
I believe it would be reasonable to increase the max_length to 191, to be
consistent with recent changes to other fields such as `username` on the
`django.contrib.auth` user model. The 191 character limit is a MySQL
limitation for indexing. I will take a shot at making a patch.
--
Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/29939#comment:1>
Django <https://code.djangoproject.com/>
The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Django updates" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to [email protected].
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-updates/067.822a5bd09cebb8e1d09e17869868e67c%40djangoproject.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
