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summary: We should generate sensible default names for rooms serverside rather than relying on clients to get it right.
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created: 2015-02-11 01:07:10.0
creator: matthew
description: |-
  Currently if a room has no explicit name (e.g. Matrix HQ) it's up to the client to synthesise one by looking at the membership list, etc.  This is not ideal, because:

  * It means we have to xfer the whole membership list just to display the Recents index
  * It means clients have to get the logic right, and be consistent across multiple different implementations (which currently we fail abjectly at).

  So let's do it serverside instead.  We can even internationalise it if needed
id: '11034'
key: SYN-265
number: '265'
priority: '2'
project: '10000'
reporter: matthew
status: '1'
type: '2'
updated: 2016-11-07 18:27:43.0
votes: '0'
watches: '2'
workflowId: '11134'
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actions:
- author: richvdh
  body: This would be the implementation of SPEC-425
  created: 2016-07-12 11:54:20.0
  id: '13046'
  issue: '11034'
  type: comment
  updateauthor: richvdh
  updated: 2016-07-12 11:54:20.0
- author: richvdh
  body: 'Migrated to github: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1283'
  created: 2016-11-07 18:27:43.0
  id: '13602'
  issue: '11034'
  type: comment
  updateauthor: richvdh
  updated: 2016-11-07 18:27:43.0