Comment 2 for bug 371723

Sounds reasonable to me.

Chris

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Paul Everitt <email address hidden> wrote:

>
> What should it do?
>
> I guess the best thing is to generate a form validation error so we
> don't provide the General KARL Error message?
>
> --Paul
>
> On May 4, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Jason Lantz wrote:
>
> > Public bug reported:
> >
> > Since make_name strips all special characters out of the input string
> > before building a name, entering a title for content that uses
> > make_name
> > (tested with an Event in a community calendar, but should be
> > reproducible elsewhere too) causes the following exception:
> >
> > TypeError: Name must not be empty
> >
> > The string I used to create the problem is:
> > ΆЂⁿ₤№⅞↓∆⌂█
> >
> > ** Affects: karl3
> > Importance: Undecided
> > Status: New
> >
> > --
> > make_name produces a blank name if the title is all special characters
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371723
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> > KARL3.
> >
> > Status in Porting KARL to a new architecture: New
> >
> > Bug description:
> > Since make_name strips all special characters out of the input
> > string before building a name, entering a title for content that
> > uses make_name (tested with an Event in a community calendar, but
> > should be reproducible elsewhere too) causes the following exception:
> >
> > TypeError: Name must not be empty
> >
> > The string I used to create the problem is:
> > ΆЂⁿ₤№⅞↓∆⌂█
>
>
> ** Changed in: karl3
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: karl3
> Milestone: None => m14
>
> ** Changed in: karl3
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris Rossi (chris-archimedeanco)
>
> --
> make_name produces a blank name if the title is all special characters
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371723
> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
>
> Status in Porting KARL to a new architecture: New
>
> Bug description:
> Since make_name strips all special characters out of the input string
> before building a name, entering a title for content that uses make_name
> (tested with an Event in a community calendar, but should be reproducible
> elsewhere too) causes the following exception:
>
> TypeError: Name must not be empty
>
> The string I used to create the problem is:
> ΆЂⁿ₤№⅞↓∆⌂█
>