Longer Channel Name Length

[fearthesmear]

It appears that the maximum channel name length for the LCM Logger is 63 characters. LCM spy does not appear to have this restriction. This results in long channel names coming through on spy but not making it into the log file.

[judfs]

I have run into issues with this channel length restriction. I also cannot find anywhere that it is clearly documented that this restriction is in place.

It comes from https://github.com/lcm-proj/lcm/blob/master/lcm/lcm.h#L18

Reading [https://lcm-proj.github.io/lcm/content/udp-multicast-protocol.html](LCM UDP Multicast Protocol Description) and [https://lcm-proj.github.io/lcm/content/log-file-format.html](LCM Log File format), I don't see any reason increasing should be unviable.

This would be a 1.6.0 (or 2.0.0) change instead of a 1.5.1 change as this could cause incompatibilities 1.5.0.

[judfs]

@nosracd looks like you've made a 2.0 issue label. Any thoughts on roadmapping this?

[nosracd]

@nosracd looks like you've made a 2.0 issue label. Any thoughts on roadmapping this?

That label is intended to help track breaking changes for when a 2.0 release looks likely but at this point there are no plans for a 2.0 release.