Re: rename fedora-usermgmt?

[Rex Dieter <rdieter math unl edu>]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 08:36:01AM -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > Matthew Miller wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 12:32:08PM +0100, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > > > FWIW I hate it, too, anyone here around with other feelings for that?
> > > > Maybe we're all "that guy" ;)
> > > Yes, I am *also* that guy.
> > >
> > > Can't we just have a Fedora project registry of assigned numbers and stick
> > > to it?
> > Fact is:  fedora-usermgmt solves a (nitch) problem, regardless of 
> > whether folks agree with it's implementation.
> >
> > Imo, maintainers of epel packages, should be free to use it, if they 
> > wish.  It would be inappropriate, imo, to implement a blanket "no 
> > fedora-usermngt" policy in epel, unless, of course, no maintainer for it 
> > can be found for epel.
>
> Please no, it requires the admin's attention to setup some random
> space in his user uid/gid space

That's news to me.  My recollection of the last "usermgmt" debate was 
that if left unconfigured, fedora-usermgmt (essentially) is exactly the 
same as the usual useradd/userdel.  It only changes behavior when 
modified/custmized by admin.

-- Rex