On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Santiago Vila wrote: > No need to add configuration stuff. If a user wants something > different than the default, he/she can easily make a chown and a > chgrp.
chown and chgrp is exactly the method of configuration I mean. > Let's keep it simple: Beginning squeeze, base-files will no longer > create those directories with special permissions. I think this > respects the "principle of least surprise", as already created > directories (from lenny) will be kept in whatever status they are. That's the minimum. I think we need to go farther,[1] because that doesn't transition existing installs. If you don't have any non-root users in the staff group, I can't see any reason to keep /usr/local 2775. If you do, you may have a problem; we should warn about it, and ask about transitioning at some priority. (It's fine if it's low priority.) Don Armstrong 1: Or at least, we should strongly consider going farther; if it ends up being untenable, so be it. -- An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications. -- Robert Heinlein _Time Enough For Love_ p244 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
