Re: alioth project creation problem

[Thomas Goirand <thomas@goirand.fr>]

Kevin Coyner wrote:
> I'm trying to create a new project on alioth for a package that is
> presently considered native Debian and that I have become the
> maintainer for [mailcheck].
> 
> Unfortunately, alioth won't create the new project and instead gives
> back the Error message:
> 
>     ERROR: Could not create group: ERROR: value too long for type
>     character varying(255)
> 
> The project creation page is rather straightforward, so I don't
> think I messing that up.  And I do have a legitimate alioth user-ID
> that has worked for the last couple of years.  And I've even gone so
> far as to try inputting a project name that is guaranteed to not be
> previously registered.
> 
> Am I blind and missing something real basic, or does alioth have a
> problem at the moment?
> 
> Thanks
> Kevin
> 

I tried to create a new user without success too.

Thomas