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From: Brian Evans <grknight@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] User/group packages: the masterplan
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:07:35
Message-Id: f37ce3d0-4443-974c-9730-4c4b275c39a3@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] User/group packages: the masterplan by "Michał Górny"
1 On 6/18/2019 7:31 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
2 >
3 > 3. Give people some time for wider testing.
4 >
5 > At this point, the new eclasses would be non-binding, i.e. you will
6 > still be able to commit new packages using user.eclass old style.
7 > The eclasses would be bound with usual eclass stability requirements,
8 > i.e. some API changes may happen if necessary.
9 >
10 > 4. If no major issues arise, submit GLEP 81 for formal approval.
11 >
12 > Once GLEP 81 is formally approved, using user.eclass directly becomes
13 > deprecated and new packages are expected to use acct-*/*.
14 >
15
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17 I object to this as some packages just need a user/group for a single
18 daemon that is not shared with another package. The numbering does not
19 really matter in this case as it will never leave the machine.
20
21 user.eclass should exist for this purpose and the acct-{group/user}
22 should exist for static purposes which I find to be rather rare.
23
24 Brian

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Re: [gentoo-dev] User/group packages: the masterplan "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>