Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Key identities...

[Stephen Leake]

Lapo Luchini <address@hidden> writes:

> Richard Levitte wrote:
>> I won't deny that William's change is going to make a difference, but
>> I question if it will be *enough* of a difference.
>
> IMHO as creation of more keys with same name will always be possible (in
> disconnected spaces), 

Ah, right. I can create a key with name "foobar" in my local database,
and so can my colleague. That collision won't be detected until we
both sync with the central database. At that point, it's very
inconvenient to go back, change one of the names, and clean up.

> we better accept to work with them properly (using only key-hashes
> in certs and showing names with the first uncommon part of the key
> hash in case of clashes)...

Right.

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