On 21-Mar-05, 23:44 (CST), Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quoting Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > It's a very safe change, actually, I asked this to the cron package
> > maintainer too (see #300725) and he has no issue changing that package.
>
> Steve (Grrenland, cron maintainer), input??
>
> Javier asked for shadow to be changed to have the PAM configuration
> for login to use pam_limits.so and points me to the change he asked
> you about this.
>
> shadow (and login) being part of the base system, I'm very
> conservative about any change, while we are so close of the release.
>
> So, Steve, do you plan to push this in sarge, or only make the change
> in sid?
I was not planning on pushing this into sid. While I think that Javier
is correct, I don't see it as necessary for sarge; it can easily be
corrected on a local basis. OTOH, if the release team says "yes, please
do it", I wouldn't object: it *is* about safe as a change can be.
Steve
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