Show real names in roster?

Feb. 14, 2007
5:04 p.m.
Hello, is there a reason why the roster page does not show full names?
Obvious concern is the privacy of the list members. But on the other hand:
- the roster has its own access control,
- the mail address itself is usually more valuable and can be used to get the real name.
- entering the real name on subscription is optional.
Thus IMHO showing real names does not disclose significant information, but makes things more convenient for legitimate users.
I have attached a three-line patch against Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py
-- Martin Schütte
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realname = Utils.uncanonstr(self.getMemberName(person), lang) if realname: showing += " (%s)" % Utils.websafe(realname)
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