Gentoo Archives: gentoo-alt

From: Ramon van Alteren <ramon@××××××××××.nl>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] packages that run as root
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:05:38
Message-Id: 20100604070522.GA23836@vanalteren.nl
In Reply to: [gentoo-alt] packages that run as root by Jeremy Olexa
1 On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 08:28:27PM +0000, Jeremy Olexa wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 > Current situation is to mask packages that run as root. I'm seriously
4 > considering to lift this restriction because:
5 >
6 > 1) We aren't very good at keeping this list up2date.
7 > 2) It poses artificial restrictions for some users and doens't harm the
8 > other users.
9 > 3) Why bother to mask them?
10 >
11 > Anyone disagree?
12
13 No +1 from me.
14
15 Ramon