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On 2021-11-28 11:06:36, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> While the rationale for static allocation that made it into GLEP 81 [1] |
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> is rather weak, several people had argued in favour of it on the mailing |
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> list [2]. |
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We don't even do static allocation. The UIDs and GIDs in the ebuilds |
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are suggestions, meant to benefit the people who will benefit from |
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them, and be ignored by everyone else. |
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There are a few exceptional cases where a user or group needs a |
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specific identifier; but those were always statically allocated and |
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nothing has changed in that regard. |
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