| 1 |
Hi Peter, |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
On 2021/02/09 19:51, Peter Stuge wrote: |
| 4 |
|
| 5 |
> Joonas Niilola wrote: |
| 6 |
>> There's a script by jkroon in data/api.git |
| 7 |
>> (https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/api.git/) that prints the next available |
| 8 |
>> UID/GID pair for new acct-* packages. |
| 9 |
> This is super nice! Thanks a lot jkroon! |
| 10 |
You're most welcome. |
| 11 |
>> It is not forbidden to mix and mash UID/GID between different packages, |
| 12 |
>> but I'd still suggest to find a new "pair" even if you push just an UID |
| 13 |
>> or GID. Since we don't seem to be in danger of running out any time soon. |
| 14 |
> Mh - so the obvious first feature request for the script is to also output |
| 15 |
> Free UID+GID pairs. Counting them manually in your screenshot I get 36. |
| 16 |
|
| 17 |
https://github.com/gentoo/api-gentoo-org/pull/367 |
| 18 |
|
| 19 |
> |
| 20 |
> That's not a whole lot; just 7% of 500. |
| 21 |
Recommended GID only: 460 |
| 22 |
Recommended UID only: 458 |
| 23 |
Recommended UID+GID both: 326 |
| 24 |
Free UIDs: 200 |
| 25 |
Free GIDs: 177 |
| 26 |
Free UID+GID pairs: 160 |
| 27 |
|
| 28 |
Full count of 32% looks a tad better than 7%. |
| 29 |
|
| 30 |
Re always picking a pair (raised in original email), my recommedation |
| 31 |
would be: |
| 32 |
|
| 33 |
Pick a pair if there is any chance that you might want the other |
| 34 |
eventually too, else pick free uid/gid. |
| 35 |
|
| 36 |
The problem with that is, if you don't take BOTH right now, someone else |
| 37 |
might take the other, so perhaps the strategy of always picking a pair |
| 38 |
is better ... |
| 39 |
|
| 40 |
Then again, there are packages that need one UID and multiple GIDs, and |
| 41 |
probably the other way around too, so not always picking pairs in such |
| 42 |
cases makes a lot of sense too. |
| 43 |
|
| 44 |
Kind Regards, |
| 45 |
Jaco |
Archives