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["Alex Meade" <alex.meade@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

+1 to downcasing 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: "Timothy Daly" <timjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 7:49pm
To: "Johannes Erdfelt" <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Openstack] Comparing roles - case (in)sensitivity



On Jun 8, 2012, at 4:16 PM, Johannes Erdfelt wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 08, 2012, Brian Waldon <brian.waldon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Can you explain why?
> 
> Not to speak for Kiall, but I'll make the argument that there is no
> value in treating "admin", "Admin", and "admIn" separately. It can only
> lead to confusion and frustration of the people who use OpenStack.
> 
> These values are intended for people and people generally expect
> case-insensitive matching.
> 

Yes, it's the same word for people, but it's not the same bytes for computers.  How shall we coexist in peace?  Downcase everything and it won't come up. :)


Cheers,
Tim



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