Re: [gentoo-dev] Help with category for Authenticator

[Alexander Trotsenko]

Thank you, guys

I actually like Andrew's suggestion for sys-auth. I am still relatively
new to gentoo, so when I was skipping through all the categories it just
didn't sound like even a possible match to me. But its description
definitely sounds very close to Authenticator. I guess I was scared off
by the sys- prefix :)

Alex.

On 8/28/18 10:01 AM, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 09:32:29 -0500 Alexander Trotsenko wrote:
>> Hello, guys!
>>
>> I tried asking this question in #gentoo-proxy-maint IRC and I was told I
>> should venture for gentoo-dev mailing list.
>>
>> So I introduced a new package into Gentoo, Authenticator
>> (https://github.com/bilelmoussaoui/Authenticator). I placed it under
>> gnome-extra. However, shortly after the commit, gnome-extra guy said it
>> does not belong there and I am supposed it to move somewhere else. There
>> is a bug that touches this subject https://bugs.gentoo.org/663820.
>>
>> I currently consider to move it to app-crypt. Some folks also suggested
>> net-misc as a reasonable destination. I wonder if I could contact
>> "maintainers" so to say of those categories to make sure they are
>> willing to accept authenticator within their category.
>>
>> What's the best way to handle this situation? Also, if somebody wants to
>> suggest yet another category, speak up!
> I suggest the system-auth category.
>
> Why? It is always good to look where similar applications belong.
> Authenticator is basicall 2FA/OATH GUI, and oath-toolkit is in
> system-auth, most yubikey stuff is there as well.
>
> And now look in sys-auth/metadata.xml:
>
>         The sys-auth category contains applications and libraries to support
>         authentication and authorization facilities.
>         Here belongs PAM modules, NSS modules and login apps.
>
> Authenticator fits here perfectly as an application to support
> authentication and authorization facilities.
>
> Best regards,
> Andrew Savchenko