Re: Policy for 32-bit uids/gids?

2003-07-05 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 12:41:22PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:56:41 -0500, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > If Debian ever hopes to have a policy beyond "all remaining uids and > > gids are reserved for local use", it's important to stake our claim > > *bef

Re: Policy for 32-bit uids/gids?

2003-07-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:56:41 -0500, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > If Debian ever hopes to have a policy beyond "all remaining uids and > gids are reserved for local use", it's important to stake our claim > *before* 32-bit ids are universally supported -- that is, before > they're in

Re: Bug#197835: Starting to work on policy bugs

2003-07-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 01 Jul 2003 16:51:11 -0400, Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 10:41, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> severity 197835 wishlist severity 197835 fixed retitle 197835 >> [FAILED]: integrated environments are allowed thanks >> >> Hi, >> >> Far from reaching close consensus

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2003-07-05 Thread Michael Stone
If Debian ever hopes to have a policy beyond "all remaining uids and gids are reserved for local use", I, for one, don't want too much of a policy beyond that. Debian should not be in the business of "staking claim" on uid's. We need a minimal number to bootstrap the system, but beyond that we

Re: aren't software authors misestimated?

2003-07-05 Thread Michele Alessandrini
> It sounds like you have a specific complaint, and you're trying to > make a general complaint. No, I have no packages in any distributions (would be fantastic, though, once in life :). I only had a little doubt and feeling, as a user who daily uses packages and related tools. Anyway it's been a g