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On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 12:40:04AM +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Sat, 10 Aug 2019, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> > I propose using a colon like we do in /etc/passwd: |
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> > root:0:0:baselayout: |
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> > bin:1:1:baselayout:some notes go here |
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> Please no. I thought the purpose of this exercise was to have a format |
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> that is human readable, and not something with strange separators like |
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> ":" or "|" (as we have in the wiki)? |
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> There cannot be any whitespace in name, IDs, or provider. |
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> So what would be the problem with using whitespace as separators? |
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Well, I suppose it wouldn't be a problem if we don't care about |
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alignment, but that is not readable either really right? |
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For example, (completely making up uid/gid numbers), this is totally |
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valid. |
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root 0 0 baselayout this is from baselayout |
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bin 1 1 baselayout this is from baselayout |
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postgresql 150 150 app this is from postgresql |
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cockroach 250 250 app this is from cockroach |
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William |
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