Re: [PROPOSAL]drop LSB.usersgroups/commands/passwd/T.passwd 2
On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Andrew Josey wrote:
> hi John
> (My thoughts were based on some parts of POSIX where they
> omitted the group password feature intentionally) I agree that the
> key here is that any change be decided by the specification
> owners and not the test folks, who need to be careful
> to follow the specification.
Agreed.
>
> There needs to be a process for defect reporting and resolution;
> as you say this feature may be necessary for some, is it in
> scope for defect reports to remove such a feature?
No way!
>
> I agree also that the spec owners ought to consider an obsolescence path for
> deprecating features. Some specifications I have worked on have
> marked features as "To be withdrawn" for one version of the
> specification prior to dropping a feature.
> regards
Do we have such a process? If not we should put this on the agenda for a
future discussion in the appropriate forum.
- John T.
> Andrew
>
> On Jul 30, 10:38am in "Re: [PROPOSAL]drop L", John H Terpstra wrote:
> > Andrew,
> >
> > I know of sites that still use the group password feature. Even if we
> > offer a waiver here and we assent to the demise of this "feature", for a
> > very small minority this is still a needed behaviour. As such I recommend
> > that we retain this. We should however flag all features that are
> > earmarked for obsolesnce. A suitable notation should be made in the spec.
> >
> > - John T.
> >
>
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