Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 15:30:11 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Studded" <Studded@dal.net> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: >8 char usernames going into 2.2.5? Message-ID: <19929.874708211@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 19 Sep 1997 12:47:33 PDT." <199709191947.MAA22800@mail.san.rr.com>
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> I remember a discussion a while back that the changes to allow > user names of greater than 8 characters that are presently working in > current would be back-ported to 2.2.x RSN. I'm wondering if this > change will be made in time for the 2.2.5 release. Hmm, I'm not sure who told you that but it was definitely never our intention to go to >8 character usernames in the 2.2-stable branch. There is too much potential upheaval associated with that change and so we've decided to take our lumps all at once with 3.0. Jordan
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