On 01/09/2018 10:58 PM, Charelle Collett wrote: > 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/ > <https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/389-devel@ lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/IEC7IMLLD6D5S3DIC463IR6CT5JRNQTG/> > Hi Charelle, thanks for raising this to our attention. Looking at the thread, I see overwhelming support for the feature, as well as helpful UI/UX feedback added by Máirín. We'll keep an eye on the thread, but from my POV, I have nothing more to add. Let us know if you need any other help with this. -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ Fedora Diversity Team mailing list -- diversity(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to diversity-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org