On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Patrick McLean <chutz...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > I don't think we need to have stable UIDs/GIDs in the "normal" case of > standalone users with a single Gentoo system at home.
Of course, but as you point out the enterprise case has more sophisticated solutions. I think the case of somebody running in a home setting or a very small server setting is the main issue. It isn't like inconsistent UIDs are the end of the world. However, IMO it still makes sense to at least try to standardize such things. Really, if you have a package always installing the same user simply sticking a default UID without any effort to avoid collisions is better than nothing, but having a wiki page where people can register UIDs isn't that big a deal. If it fails, it fails... -- Rich
