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authorMichael Taufen <mtaufen@google.com>2018-07-17 15:01:02 -0700
committerMichael Taufen <mtaufen@google.com>2018-07-18 07:12:32 -0700
commit4a8ea25e172ba81d1f29e5900452de7dc126aadb (patch)
treef52250581d2858b45fc01f715360b84a2cb0df00
parent6e31a546a50f6f57f3e9e1422ade0599f5e3e77d (diff)
explicitly reserve kube- prefix for system namespaces
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@@ -1152,6 +1152,13 @@ be ambiguous and they are not specified by the value or value type.
* The name of a field expressing a boolean property called 'fooable' should be
called `Fooable`, not `IsFooable`.
+### Namespace Names
+* The name of a namespace must be a
+[DNS_LABEL](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/architecture/identifiers.md).
+* The `kube-` prefix is reserved for Kubernetes system namespaces, e.g. `kube-system` and `kube-public`.
+* See
+[the namespace docs](https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/namespaces/) for more information.
+
## Label, selector, and annotation conventions
Labels are the domain of users. They are intended to facilitate organization and