Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] glep-0081: prohibit KEYWORDS altering

[Brian Evans]

On 8/7/2019 11:20 AM, Mikle Kolyada wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@g.o>
> ---
> As discussed with mgorny at #gentoo-qa
>  glep-0081.rst | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/glep-0081.rst b/glep-0081.rst
> index 082e705..e5a4db2 100644
> --- a/glep-0081.rst
> +++ b/glep-0081.rst
> @@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ a build time dependency (``DEPEND``) must be used.  If the user is
>  needed at install and/or run time, a run time dependency (``RDEPEND``)
>  must be used.
>
> +Both ``acct-group`` and ``acct-user`` eclasses have the ``KEYWORDS``
> +variable predefined, keywords must not be altered locally via ebuilds.
> +
>
>  Maintaining users/groups
>  ------------------------
>

I object to this as I feel they can incorrect such as on prefix.

Also, this goes against the established practice of committing directly
to stable.  These are exactly the same as virtuals as "they install
nothing" and "just run a script" (to verify dependencies).

Brian