Hi there,
I was forwarded a development thread from the 389 DS project [0]. They are considering updating
their default representation of user identities away from
givenName-surname to "legalName" and "displayName".
Right now, by default users have a givenName and mandatory surname, but that isn't really
suitable for many cultures where it's not that simple, or people who
only have one name. There are also cases where people don't need or
want to be identified by their legal name, for example, divorcees or
trans people who haven't had a name change, or people who need to hide
their identity.
So, instead of givenName +
surname, they want to change the default to have 'displayName' and an
optional 'legalName' instead. Legal name would be your full name, no
matter what length or
format or ordering; display name would be how you want your name to show
up around the system.
I think it would be great if we could show support for this
change either on the mailing list thread [0], or by contacting the
developers directly.
Hope you're having a lovely day,
Charelle.
[0] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/389-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/IEC7IMLLD6D5S3DIC463IR6CT5JRNQTG/
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Charelle Collett
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