On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 06:51:50PM -0500, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote: > - Reserve a UID for a package to use. > - Add 30000 to that UID. > Why don't we just have packagers request a UID for a package on a wiki > page, starting at 30012 (fedora.us had 30000 - 30011)? Then, use the > normal tools to create the user. While I'm in favor of just having a registry rather than the added complication of the wrapper tool, I'd really, really, really like to use a different range, because those 30000-range UIDs already belong to people at BU and it will make using Fedora a Vast Pain. Since Extras is now "not a second class citizen", maybe we could use something in the 100-499 numbers? -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 77 degrees Fahrenheit. -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
