Request: In asset upload, coerce bad characters in file names into good ones

[marksherman]

Instead of simply failing to upload, rename the file automatically during upload to become valid.
For example: changing dashes and spaces to underscores.

Solution may be related to #173
@jisqyv

[halatmit]

@marksherman
I suggest that we not do this. It seems a little dangerous that you upload a file and then don't know exactly what name that file might be written under. I know we could provide a mechanism to handle this, but I'll feeling conservative, and also feeling that we have too may open issues. If you want to take ti on, go ahead. But otherwise, let's just close it, OK?

[marksherman]

Ok with me. It was a common hitch-up point we saw in some middle schools,
but, yes, it does fail safely.

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I suggest that we not do this. It seems a little dangerous that you upload
a file and then don't know exactly what name that file might be written
under. I know we could provide a mechanism to handle this, but I'll feeling
conservative, and also feeling that we have too may open issues. If you
want to take ti on, go ahead. But otherwise, let's just close it, OK?

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[halatmit]

Closing the issue

[halatmit]

Thanks. I'll close this.

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MIT Dept. of Elec. Eng. and Comp. Sci.
MIT Media Lab, Second Class Faculty

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Ok with me. It was a common hitch-up point we saw in some middle schools,
but, yes, it does fail safely.

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I suggest that we not do this. It seems a little dangerous that you
upload
a file and then don't know exactly what name that file might be written
under. I know we could provide a mechanism to handle this, but I'll
feeling
conservative, and also feeling that we have too may open issues. If you
want to take ti on, go ahead. But otherwise, let's just close it, OK?

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