rubygems/rubygems.org — Issue #378: Forbid uppercase characters in gem names
Author: djberg96
Created: 2012-01-12 01:43:34+00:00
State: open

Currently there's nothing to prevent users from uploading gems with identical names differing only by case. This could lead to serious confusion. And, in fact, I've seen it happen with CPAN.

I propose that, in the future, all gem names be automatically downcased either at gem creation time or gem push time. Current gems with uppercase characters would be grandfathered in, but going forward, no gems with uppercase characters!