On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 5:15 PM Aoife Moloney <amoloney@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/LibuserDeprecation > > > This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes > process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive > community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved > by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee. > > > == Summary == > > Libuser is not actively developed. Most of the depending component > have build-time option to work without libuser. > > == Owner == > > * Name: [[User:THalman| Tomas Halman]] > > * Email: <thalman@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > == Detailed Description == > > The libuser provides library and command line utilities to manipulate > user and group information. The purpose of the library > is/was to hide the differences between users in LDAP and files in etc > (passwd, groups...). The support for LDAP > is not complete and there is no plan to extend the functionality. > > The LDAP integration in Fedora is nowadays done by SSSD. > > In the past, the libuser was used by more component including Fedora > installer. Currently the list is short > > * usermode (Requires development, it is not complicated but the > dependency is unconditional) > * util-linux (compile time option) > * passwd (I suggest to ship passwd utility from shadow-utils instead > of passwd and drop passwd package as well) Has the maintainer of the passwd utility been engaged about this suggestion? Is there a difference in functionality between the two variants of passwd? > > == Feedback == > > > == Benefit to Fedora == > > The main benefit is to decrease the maintenance and packaging work on > library that does not bring much value while the functionality is > provided by another components. > > == Scope == > * Proposal owners: Dropping the package, move it to EPEL eventually > > > * Other developers: > > ** Update usermode code to make libuser dependency configurable. > ** Update usermode packaging to compile it without libuser > ** Change packaging of util-linux to compile without libuser dependency > ** Change packaging of shadow-utils to provide passwd utility > > > * Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/11492] > > Libuser is part of base image and must be removed. IMO mass rebuild is > not required. > > > * Policies and guidelines: Since this is about dropping packages > release notes must be updated. > > > * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) > > * Alignment with Community Initiatives: N/A > > > == Upgrade/compatibility impact == > > People who used libuser to manipulate users in LDAP will have to move to SSSD. > > == How To Test == > > 0. no special hardware needed > 1. remove libuser, passwd, install new shadow-utils, usermod and util-linux > 2. try to change password of some user > 3. try to modify user using usermod > 4. expected results: everything works normally > > == User Experience == > This change should not be visible for users. > > > > == Dependencies == > > > * usermod (code modification, packaging to drop libuser dependency) > * shadow-utils (packaging to provide passwd utility > * util-linux (packaging to drop libuser dependency) > * passwd (drop package) > > == Contingency Plan == > > * Contingency mechanism: Revert the shipped configuration > * Contingency deadline: final development freeze > * Blocks release? No > > == Documentation == > > There is no extra documentation for this change except release notes. > > == Release Notes == > > > > > > -- > Aoife Moloney > > Product Owner > > Community Platform Engineering Team > > Red Hat EMEA > > Communications House > > Cork Road > > Waterford > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
