Re: [gentoo-dev] Use GLEP27!

[Doug Goldstein]

On 12/14/15 3:22 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
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>
> Dnia 13 grudnia 2015 21:41:02 CET, "Robin H. Johnson"
> <robbat2@g.o> napisał(a):
>>On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 09:03:51PM +0300, Alexey Shvetsov wrote:
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> We trying to use ldap for users @work, many of our workstations
>>running
>>> binary gentoo based distro called Calculate linux. However if we
>>wanna
>>> have wide use of ldap there is a need for determenistic system group
>>> gids names and user uids.
>>>
>>> Many ebuilds in tree uses enewgroup and enewuser with -1 (aka next
>>> available parameter)[1]. However it will be much better to set distro
>>
>>> wide deterministic uid and gid for system service name. So for
>>example
>>> ldap users may have determenistic groups like video, audio, plugdev,
>>> etc..
>>GLEP27 was approved for this, however it is barely used.
>>
>>Convert the rest of the tree to use it, and then you'll be done, aside
>>from the existing mess on user systems.
>
> As far as I can see, this GLEP predates EAPI and does not meet modern
> standards. It needs to be updated or killed with fire.
>
> For a start, relation to EAPI needs to be defined. This will likely
> require both profiles and ebuilds to use the new EAPI.
>
> Also, the contents of 'backwards compatibility' section are
> unacceptable. But that's probably going to be covered by EAPI.
>
> The spec itself is hard to follow, though the idea seems simple. It
> makes me wonder if we aren't missing something important there.
> --
> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.


Don't kill it. The best way forward would be to update it.

-- 
Doug Goldstein