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[Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds good thanks

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Martin Albisetti <argentina@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > It doesn't seem that requiring a launchpad account for developers is
> viable
> > as many do not and will not have them. This also implies someone can
> grab a
> > developer name in LP after someone else has used it to publish.  I would
> > expect a store based registration. (which could in the backend use LP I
> > suppose)
>
>
> We don't require a Launchpad account at all. We require that someone
> else hasn't already taken that username in Launchpad. If you happen to
> have a Launchpad account, and own that username, you get to use it.
> It's essentially a blacklist.
> Someone can indeed grab it in Launchpad after someone is using it in
> the store, and they won't be able to use it. This current restriction
> is to bootstrap our existing community and help them move over to a
> snappier world without loosing their well-known usernames.
>
> --
> Martin
>