865263 - it should be possible to rename a custom sub domain / user short name

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 885121

(Webmaker Graveyard :: Login, defect)

Description

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

Over in bug 863360 we added the concept of a user shortname that is created on signup, which will be used as the default subdomain for their published makes.

What happens if they want to change that shortname? While this isn't a blocker for our June 15th target, we should keep it in mind. Some relevant chatter from IRC:

11:02 < beltzner> as in, if I want mbeltzner.whatever.foo to be
                  beltzner.whatever.foo
11:02 < beltzner> in my mind that's "naw, it's a table, whatever"
11:02 < humph> it needs to be doable
11:03 < jp> from infrastructure, its still the same dns record for *.
11:03 < humph> jbuck: ah, good point :(
11:03 < humph> jbuck: unless we do a lookup
11:03 < humph> write to randomuuid/filename in s3, and randomuuid is your id vs.
               name
11:04 <@jbuck> humph: doing a lookup on every request is doable, but something
               that would be nice to avoid
11:04 <@jbuck> but, something worth testing
11:04 < humph> we'll already have to lookup to get `beltzner`
11:04 < humph> so if we also get an id at the same time?
11:04 <@jbuck> no, we just use it directly
11:04 < humph> where will you get it?
11:05 <@jbuck> https://beltzner.floopy.org/my-project ->
               s3://mybucket/beltzner/my-project
11:05 < humph> ah, I see
11:05 <@jbuck> so, we can avoid a lookup that way

Comment 1

[David Humphrey (:humph)]

Brett, we probably need a high-level decision here before we tackle the technical issues.  Can a Webmaker change their username/domain?

Comment 2

[Brett Gaylor [:brett]]

Im fine with saying "no", though not totally understanding how hard saying "yes" is.  Obviously a user might want to do this, but lots of services (eg github) don't let you.

Comment 3

[Jon Buckley]

Eh? Github lets you do it:

* http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4403845/Screenshots/7b.png
* http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4403845/Screenshots/7c.png
* http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4403845/Screenshots/7d.png

I actually think Github does it right here: they very clearly explain what the consequences of changing your username are, and they give you 3 points to stop and turn around.

Comment 4

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

To my mind, it's pretty clear that we should allow users to do it ... eventually. I'm just not sure that we need to have it there for "launch".

Comment 5

[David Humphrey (:humph)]

I agree with Mike.  Let's say 'yes', but 'not now.'  We don't have users, let alone a need for them to rename their accounts.

This shouldn't block June 15th.