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Re: Call for votes (was: Bug#484841: staff group root equivalence)



On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 18:55 +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm calling on votes now for these three options (the last one isn't a
> proposal, but by default in the option set). According to the
> consitution, the voting periode last for up to one week, or until the
> outcome is no longer in doubt.
> 
> | 1. Keep /usr/local writeable by group staff (i.e. leave things as they
> | are).
>  
> | 2. Decide to change the default so that /usr/local is not writeable by
> | group staff anymore. This change should only be implemented after an
> | appropriate transition plan exists which enables system administrators
> | to maintain the ability of group staff to write to /usr/local.
> | (Reasons for the change are the adaption of other tools like sudo on
> | most sites, and the concept of "least surprise" for novice users.)
>  
> | 3. Further discussion.

I vote 2 1 3.

Bdale

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