On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 06:35:37PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> Isn't this a standard reference counting problem? When adduser --system
> is called, have adduser add the calling package to a list of packages
> that own that system user; when deluser is called on a system user,
> remove the calling
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 04:56:03PM +0200, Carl Fürstenberg wrote:
> I was thinking of the reusability problem, and came up with the following:
> When an user/group is removed, it's placed in quarantine. That ID
> isn't used unless the same user/group is recreated, or that all other
> possible ID:s
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 04:56:03PM +0200, Carl Fürstenberg wrote:
[...]
> I was thinking of the reusability problem, and came up with the following:
> When an user/group is removed, it's placed in quarantine. That ID
> isn't used unless the same user/group is recreated, or that all other
> possible
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 04:56:03PM +0200, Carl Fürstenberg wrote:
> I was thinking of the reusability problem, and came up with the following:
> When an user/group is removed, it's placed in quarantine. That ID
> isn't used unless the same user/group is recreated, or that all other
> possible ID:s
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On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 18:22, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> On 11/07/2008 Carl Fürstenberg wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 17:25, Stephen Gran wrote:
>> >
>> > I think it would be helpful to use the previous 400 discussions of the
>> > same topic as a sta
On 11/07/2008 Carl Fürstenberg wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 17:25, Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I think it would be helpful to use the previous 400 discussions of the
> > same topic as a starting point, and only bring it up again if there are
> > new arguments.
>
> Have prob
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 17:25, Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think it would be helpful to use the previous 400 discussions of the
> same topic as a starting point, and only bring it up again if there are
> new arguments.
Have problem finding such discussion. Do you have any referen
This one time, at band camp, Carl Fürstenberg said:
> Per an discussion in IRC about removal of user or groups when purging
> packages, I though of asking for comments about a proposal of updating
> the policy.
>
> Basically the idea is that, if a package is creating an user or an
> group, that is
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Per an discussion in IRC about removal of user or groups when purging
packages, I though of asking for comments about a proposal of updating
the policy.
Basically the idea is that, if a package is creating an user or an
group, that is dynamically allo
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