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| From: | Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v2] glep-xxxx: User and group management via dedicated packages | ||
| Date: | Wed, 05 Jun 2019 16:15:22 | ||
| Message-Id: | ef8dc425-568f-b38b-ed73-e138ab0ec9ca@gentoo.org | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v2] glep-xxxx: User and group management via dedicated packages by "Michał Górny" |
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| 1 | Should we require a mailing list review for new user/group packages? |
| 2 | |
| 3 | It's difficult to modify a user once you've settled on a UID, home |
| 4 | directory, and shell; so it pays to get things right the first time. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | The need is more apparent with fixed UIDs: if a popular package "steals" |
| 7 | a UID that some other package needs, then that other package is going to |
| 8 | be difficult or impossible to install (especially if it ultimately |
| 9 | depends on the popular package). |
| 10 | |
| 11 | A mailing list review could elicit a "hey, my package NEEDS that UID, |
| 12 | and yours doesn't care" before it's too late. |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v2] glep-xxxx: User and group management via dedicated packages | "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o> |
| Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v2] glep-xxxx: User and group management via dedicated packages | Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> |