>>>>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 06:14:08 +0100, Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 19:14:21 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas J.
> Koenig) wrote:
>> I also relaxed the requirement for a valid username to /^[A-Z]{3,9}$/,
> I suppose you mean /^[A-Z-]{3,9}$/ ? Hyphens are allowed in CPAN
> usernames. (Though IIRC not as first or last character and not if you
> have two consecutive hyphens.)
Historically we allowed these IDs that do not match above regex:
CHANG-LIU
IBMTORDB2
IX
JV
NI-S
P5P
PERL4LIB
RA
WIN32
In contrast, currently /^[A-Z]{3,9}$/ is hardcoded into the
registration code.
So something like /^[A-Z][-A-Z]*[A-Z0-9]+$/ does match all existing
IDs, but then the regex is missing the size restriction, which indeed
is important. In principle we do not want to be restrictive but we
also do not want an overly complicated regex. On balance, I think
/^[A-Z]{3,9}$/ is a good compromise for future usernames, but I'm open
to suggestions what the rule should be.
--
andreas
