From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A20B01382C5 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 19:15:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9D0E9E0844; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 19:15:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 671C8E083D for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 19:15:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-io1-f46.google.com with SMTP id u26so10828856iof.3 for ; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:15:20 -0800 (PST) X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533xAlR/NGJTNVmZaaI3beAV5uaMYQ2XQEXSdkD1D0n4UENEukEh 0OQvpgglVW1yItVLMIJIzuGecwVFdPbJpuNjZEU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJykG6lK6D0M7XtjszKz4sJLpmkuYAcgWOMNsu3+G3Ufpl15IFGNNWANYzPDVIOsqmrR12aEYq/r+G3tOw21uXs= X-Received: by 2002:a02:ce8a:: with SMTP id y10mr4549618jaq.102.1610133318449; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:15:18 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210104013558.20072-1-whissi@gentoo.org> <091a2d35-1437-48d5-031f-6499db0a29c6@gentoo.org> <2c5d738a-04f7-94a7-d2ed-1983743dcef6@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: From: Mike Gilbert Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 14:15:07 -0500 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] acct-user.eclass: don't modify existing user by default To: Gentoo Dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: b18f01da-5f9a-47e2-b99e-db4fcd4f44a0 X-Archives-Hash: 29571de8ce380d1a545c77a0ab2c60eb On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 1:31 PM Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny w= rote: > Again, I don't understand why you continue escalating this. I have > already indicated that I'm fine with adding an option to disable this, > given that 1) the current behavior remains the default, and 2) people > are given big fat warning that they are now responsible for updating > their users (and ideally 3) the eclass tells user how to update > the user). I've just asked for the option to override values via > make.conf goes first since that is the preferred solution that doesn't > destroy the foundations of GLEP 81. > > floppym has indicated an interest in this, so I've presumed he's going > to submit an updated patch to the ml. Sorry, I didn't mean to give that impression. I do not have any plans to submit patches myself. I asked if you would accept a similar patch to clarify your position for others (including Whissi) who may want to contribute.