[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #5373: Removing requirement of Name profile field during registration

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#5373: Removing requirement of Name profile field during registration
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 Reporter:  modemlooper              |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Core                     |     Version:  1.9.1
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion needs-patch  |
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Changes (by boonebgorges):

 * keywords:  2nd-opinion => 2nd-opinion needs-patch
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => Future Release


Comment:

 I don't think we should remove the required Name field - it's too embedded
 in how BP works, and would take ages to extract. But your general idea
 about using user_login for the display name if none is explicitly defined
 seems fine to me. The question is how this would be done. We appear to
 enforce the Name field because it's a "required" field
 (xprofile_check_is_required_field()). We'd need to introduce a special
 case for this, probably somewhere in the handler function
 `bp_core_screen_signup()`.

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