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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] acct-user.eclass: don't modify existing user by default
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2021 17:07:06
Message-Id: CAJ0EP40jGbKE81JkR17WTc1JTqcwz3nGEsC6r+ro=3Os4digkg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] acct-user.eclass: don't modify existing user by default by Thomas Deutschmann
1 On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 11:29 AM Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o> wrote:
2 > This is a technical mailing list. Currently, acct-* stuff is breaking
3 > stuff. Nobody has challenged this yet.
4 >
5 > Now I proposed a way how to unbreak stuff.
6 >
7 > Please tell me why we should keep broken stuff for non-technical reason
8 > and cause harm for those who are affected?
9
10 I disagree with your premise: I argue that the eclass is not "broken",
11 and the code works as designed. You just don't like aspects of its
12 design.
13
14 If you want to change the design, you need buy-in from the maintainer,
15 or you need to override him.

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