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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/9] User/group package draft implementation
Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 16:52:36
Message-Id: 573f691d307b4f02b47abdc8a7f07ce06d68bb72.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/9] User/group package draft implementation by William Hubbs
1 On Fri, 2019-05-31 at 11:37 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
2 > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 04:08:28PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
3 > > On Fri, 2019-05-31 at 09:02 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
4 > > > I have one small nit-pick.
5 > > >
6 > > > Can we use sys-users and sys-groups for the category names for the user
7 > > > and group packages?
8 > > >
9 > > > I guess the only argument I can give is users and groups are system
10 > > > level things like other categories that start with sys-, so it feels
11 > > > like a good fit to me.
12 > > >
13 > >
14 > > No. They would mix with regular packages which would be confusing.
15 >
16 > How are you defining a regular package? A regular package to me is a
17 > package that installs something on the system. A virtual does not
18 > install anything directly.
19 > A user or group package does install a user or group, so it does install
20 > something.
21 >
22
23 They have very special purpose that is nothing like a regular package.
24
25 --
26 Best regards,
27 Michał Górny

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