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@list
s.fedoraproject.org/thread/IEC7IMLLD6D5S3DIC463IR6CT5JRNQTG/
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Charelle Collett
Technical Writer
Red Hat Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
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