[Openstack] Comparing roles - case (in)sensitivity
Timothy Daly
timjr at yahoo-inc.com
Fri Jun 8 23:49:00 UTC 2012
On Jun 8, 2012, at 4:16 PM, Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2012, Brian Waldon <brian.waldon at rackspace.com> 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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