Another possible (?) solution mentioned by lukasz, was if Launchpad keeps a record of merged accounts (and previous usernames), it could include the auth details in the htpasswd for the old username as well. This would mean no changes needed for the client at all.
Another possible (?) solution mentioned by lukasz, was if Launchpad keeps a record of merged accounts (and previous usernames), it could include the auth details in the htpasswd for the old username as well. This would mean no changes needed for the client at all.