Re: [gentoo-dev] Don't use UIDs and GIDs below 100 without QA approval

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Sun, 14 Nov 2021, Thomas Deutschmann wrote:

> On 2021-11-11 11:59, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>> We could:
>> - Open some part of the range between 500 and 1000. For example,
>>   500..799, which would leave 200 IDs for dynamic allocation.
>> - Open part of the range 60001..65533. Not sure if all software will
>>   be happy with that.
>> - Admit that the concept of static allocation has failed, and return
>>   to dynamic allocation.

> Only the third option is really possible.

> The first option (500-1000) would be technically possible but would
> clash with knowledge people gained in the past and would violate LPIC
> (=making Gentoo even more special and unusable for companies relying
> on certifications).

Why would that be? We chose the original split point quite arbitrarily
to be 500. What is different about adjusting it upwards now?

Ulrich