#5385 NORM Update.: XoIRC should set the nick to the username

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#5385: XoIRC should set the nick to the username
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  Reporter:  mburns          |       Owner:  edsiper 
      Type:  defect          |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Update.1
 Component:  xoirc-activity  |     Version:          
Resolution:                  |    Keywords:          
  Verified:  0               |    Blocking:          
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Comment(by Phil):

 The attached patch generates a nickname as follows:

 * It pulls the user's nickname from Sugar;
 * It takes (up to) the first 11 alphabetic ASCII characters from that
 nickname;
 * It pulls their public key from Sugar;
 * It makes an MD5 hash of that key and pulls the last four hex digits of
 that hash;
 * It finally makes their nick 'NICKBITS-HASH'.

 This should keep nicks from colliding, and provide us with meaningful (and
 stable) nicks for particular users.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5385#comment:2>
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