we use the system name or system namespace name in quite a few places right now, many of which have max lengths which in turn puts a pretty low max length on the system name.
example:
server.go:145] invalid argument "node-pool.lattice.mlab.com/id=lattice-system-petflix-evan-6.12c8fd25-22a9-4d54-a135-853cd84d2669.1:NoSchedule" for "--register-with-taints" flag: invalid taint spec: node-pool.lattice.mlab.com/id=lattice-system-petflix-evan-6.12c8fd25-22a9-4d54-a135-853cd84d2669.1:NoSchedule, must be no more than 63 characters
we use the system name or system namespace name in quite a few places right now, many of which have max lengths which in turn puts a pretty low max length on the system name.
example: