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Hi! |
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On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:53:46 -0400 Brian Evans wrote: |
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> > + |
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> > +Before adding a new user and/or group, the developer must send a RFC |
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> > +to the ``gentoo-dev`` mailing list. |
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> This paragraph should go away. It is a complete waste of time. |
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> > +Requiring mailing list RFC |
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> > +-------------------------- |
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> > + |
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> > +The policy explicitly requires RFC-es for new users and groups, as they |
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> > +have global scopes and effects of mistakes while adding them are hard |
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> > +to fix. Wider review should decrease the risk of major design mistakes. |
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> > + |
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> > +To provide one example, right now we have two different packages |
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> > +creating ``git`` user and requiring a different home directory for |
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> > +the user. As a result, the first package being installed defines |
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> > +the actual home directory, and both technically can not be installed |
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> > +at the same time. |
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> |
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> This section should go away. It is a complete waste of time. |
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Mail list discussion may make sense only if users or groups and |
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intended to be shared between different applications (e.g. ftp, |
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mail, ntp). If user or group are intended to be application |
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specific, there is no need for such discussions as they will just |
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hinder development process. |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |
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