> Should we increase the recycle period to 2 years, or just remove the line and
> keep the id commented? When we're really approaching 1000 we can revisit the
> topic of recyling.

I don't think it matters whether we wait 1 or 2 years. The problem is that when 
you delete a port, if you don't use
pkg_delete -c foobar
then the user/group will stay around forever.

Whether we care of not is the question.

> > > Index: user.list
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file: /cvs/ports/infrastructure/db/user.list,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.241
> > > diff -u -p -r1.241 user.list
> > > --- user.list     10 Dec 2014 10:30:51 -0000      1.241
> > > +++ user.list     10 Dec 2014 11:52:32 -0000
> > > @@ -7,6 +7,24 @@ have to use a fixed uid/gid. If a user/g
> > >  the same uid/gid. If a user is member of a system group, leave the group
> > >  entry empty. If only a group is created, leave the user entry empty.
> > >  
> > > +This is the list of uid/gids belonging to ports that have been removed.
> > > +They can be reused one year after the stated date.
> > > +
> > > +524 sep 19 2013
> > > +534 dec 15 2011
> > > +552 mar 17 2007
> > > +564 jul 9  2012
> > > +567 nov 19 2007
> > > +589 oct 5  2011
> > > +596 jul 11 2012
> > > +597 aug 16 2011
> > > +600 jan 26 2012
> > > +601 jul 22 2014
> > > +614 jun 7  2013
> > > +639 jun 26 2010
> > > +657 (never used)
> > > +663 sep 10 2011
> > > +
> > >  id  user         group           port options
> > >  ----------------------------------------------------
> > >  500 _opennap             _opennap        audio/opennap
> > > @@ -32,7 +50,7 @@ id  user                group           port options
> > >  521 _exim                _exim           mail/exim
> > >  522 _xcept               _xcept          comms/xcept
> > >  523 _ffproxy             _ffproxy        www/ffproxy
> > > -524                      _mail           mail/openwebmail
> > > +#524
> > >  525 _quagga              _quagga         net/quagga
> > >  526 _tomcat              _tomcat         www/tomcat
> > >  527 _milter-regex        _milter-regex   mail/milter-regex
> > > @@ -42,7 +60,7 @@ id  user                group           port options
> > >  531 _cnupm               _cnupm          net/cnupm
> > >  532 _milter-spamd        _milter-spamd   mail/milter-spamd
> > >  533 _jabberd             _jabberd        net/jabberd
> > > -534 _zope                _zope           www/zope
> > > +#534
> > >  535 _symon               _symon          sysutils/symon
> > >  536 _nostromo            _nostromo       www/nostromo
> > >  537 _maradns             _maradns        net/maradns
> > > @@ -60,7 +78,7 @@ id  user                group           port options
> > >  549 _netplan             _netplan        misc/plan
> > >  550 _nagios              _nagios         net/nagios
> > >  551 _gpsd                                misc/gpsd
> > > -#552 _xavante            _xavante        www/xavante
> > > +#552
> > >  553 _saned               _saned          graphics/sane-backends
> > >  554 _avenger                             mail/avenger
> > >  555                      _akpop3d        mail/akpop3d
> > > @@ -72,10 +90,10 @@ id  user              group           port options
> > >  561 _rbldns              _rbldns         net/rbldnsd
> > >  562 _smokeping           _smokeping      net/smokeping
> > >  563 _postgrey            _postgrey       mail/postgrey
> > > -564 _prelude             _prelude        security/prelude
> > > +#564
> > >  565 _pfflowd             _pfflowd        net/pfflowd
> > >  566 _tor         _tor            net/tor
> > > -#567 _dk-milter          _dk-milter      mail/dk-milter
> > > +#567
> > >  568 _milter-greylist                     mail/milter-greylist
> > >  569 _dkim-milter _dkim-milter    mail/dkim-milter
> > >  570 _mdefang             _mdefang        mail/mimedefang
> > > @@ -97,19 +115,19 @@ id  user             group           port options
> > >  586 _gnugk               _gnugk          net/gnugk
> > >  587 _darkstat            _darkstat       net/darkstat
> > >  588 _dansguardian        _dansguardian   www/dansguardian
> > > -589 _sdpd                _sdpd           net/bluetooth-tools
> > > +#589
> > >  590 _smsd                _smsd           comms/smstools
> > >  591 _bacula              _bacula         sysutils/bacula
> > >  592 _imapproxy           _imapproxy      mail/imapproxy
> > >  #593 _nginx              _nginx          www/nginx
> > >  594 _ejabberd            _ejabberd       net/ejabberd
> > >  595 _poppassd            _poppassd       sysutils/openpoppassd
> > > -596 _heartbeat           _heartbeat      sysutils/heartbeat
> > > -#597                     _kqemu          emulators/kqemu
> > > +#596
> > > +#597
> > >  598 _iodine              _iodine         net/iodine
> > >  599 _bacula-sd                           sysutils/bacula
> > > -600 _ntlmaps             _ntlmaps        www/ntlmaps
> > > -601 _unbound             _unbound        net/unbound
> > > +#600
> > > +#601
> > >  602 _havp                _havp           www/havp
> > >  603 _argus               _argus          net/argus
> > >  604 _haproxy             _haproxy        net/haproxy
> > > @@ -122,7 +140,7 @@ id  user              group           port options
> > >  611 _icecast             _icecast        net/icecast
> > >  612 _ipguard             _ipguard        security/ipguard
> > >  613 _rancid              _rancid         sysutils/rancid
> > > -614 _openct              _openct         security/openct
> > > +#614
> > >  615 _iftop               _iftop          net/iftop
> > >  616 _ircd-hybrid _ircd-hybrid    net/ircd-hybrid
> > >  617 _tinyproxy           _tinyproxy      www/tinyproxy
> > > @@ -147,7 +165,7 @@ id  user              group           port options
> > >  636 _ettercap            _ettercap       net/ettercap
> > >  637 _memcached           _memcached      misc/memcached
> > >  638 _prosody             _prosody        net/prosody
> > > -#639 _polkituser         _polkituser     sysutils/policykit
> > > +#639
> > >  640 _astmanproxy _astmanproxy    telephony/astmanproxy
> > >  641 _ziproxy             _ziproxy        net/ziproxy
> > >  642 _pure-ftpd           _pure-ftpd      net/pure-ftpd
> > > @@ -165,13 +183,13 @@ id  user            group           port options
> > >  654 _spectrum            _spectrum       net/spectrum
> > >  655 _minbif              _minbif         net/minbif
> > >  656 _mediatomb           _mediatomb      multimedia/mediatomb
> > > -657 _ircd-seven          _ircd-seven     net/ircd-seven
> > > +#657
> > >  658 _vnstat              _vnstat         net/vnstat
> > >  659 _sogo                _sogo           www/sogo
> > >  660 _srcpd               _srcpd          misc/srcpd
> > >  661 _aox         _aox            mail/archiveopteryx
> > >  662 _transmission        _transmission   net/transmission
> > > -663 _tproxy              _tproxy         www/transproxy
> > > +#663
> > >  664 _mdnsd               _mdnsd          net/openmdns
> > >  665 _hgd         _hgd            audio/hgd
> > >  666 _dovenull            _dovenull       mail/dovecot
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > jasper
> > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Antoine
> 
> -- 
> jasper

-- 
Antoine

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