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Bug#248809: policy needed for user names Debian name space



On Fri, 14 May 2004 08:51:56 +0200, Wouter Verhelst <wouter@grep.be>
wrote:
>On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 08:27:41AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
>> First, Debian-foo usernames won't be present in gazillions.
>
>If that's the case, then what's the point?

For a number of packages that need to create local accounts and want
to minimize namespace pollution.

>> Third, we will of course prominetly document that policy.
>
>documentation isn't the issue. Ugliness without much added value (IMHO,
>at least), is.

I am always open for a less ugly solution.

Greetings
Marc

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