On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 12:08 AM Eli Schwartz via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:
> Given that your initial post does specifically state that you are > patching the package in order to allow it, I will assume that nothing I > just said about upstream's intentions is remotely surprising to you -- > you would have to know that it's enforced in libmisc/chkname.c in order > to patch it, soooo... may I ask why you posted to the list asking why it > is not allowed "in Arch Linux", rather than "in the upstream, > distribution-agnostic shadow-maint software"? > > What is obvious to me now is that I formed the wrong opinion years ago when I had just started to use Arch (coming from a distro that did allow uppercase user names) and now when I finally decided to go and ask the question I didn't revisit that opinion and I should have because if I had bothered to go over things again I would have come to the same conclusion. This wasn't a trick question or a deliberate intent to mislead just my own failing in this matter
