On Mon Dec 01 2014 at 8:28:50 PM Krinkle <krinklemail(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 27 Nov 2014, at 20:02, Merlijn van Deen
<valhallasw(a)arctus.nl> wrote:
On 26 November 2014 at 23:29, MZMcBride
<z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote:
If we're stuck with using callsigns, the idea
of using the shortest
possible strings (a four-character hash?) appeals to me.
If
particular repos want specific available hashes (AAAA, FFFF), I'm fine
with allocating on a first-come, first-served basis.
I've fiddled a bit with this in the style of tail numbers / actual
radio call signa: first letter is a category (country in a call sign),
the rest is assigned as a number, unless someone wants a specific one.
(..)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Diffusion/
Callsign_naming_conventions/Existing_repositories_valhallasw
+1 as well. Like the restricted length. Not sure 4 is enough, but we can
always grow later on.
/[A-Z]{4}/ produces 456976 possibilities. I don't think we'll
run out anytime soon :)
-Chad