On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 09:36:32AM +0300, Eray Aslan wrote: > On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 09:15:36PM +0100, Thomas Deutschmann wrote: > > On 2021-11-11 11:59, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > > We could: > > > > > > - Open some part of the range between 500 and 1000. For example, > > > 500..799, which would leave 200 IDs for dynamic allocation. > > > > > > - Open part of the range 60001..65533. Not sure if all software will be > > > happy with that. > > > > > > - Admit that the concept of static allocation has failed, and return to > > > dynamic allocation. > > > > Only the third option is really possible. > > FWIW, I agree with this sentiment. > > 1/ Static allocation does not really solve a problem. Not really not > nowadays > 2/ We cant keep adding new IDs to a distribution as new software gets > added - one side is unbounded. This is losing game. > > Switching back to dynamic allocation seems to be the best option. > > -- > Eray >
I realize I'm very late to this party, but +1 from me also. We should use dynamic uid/git assignment by default and maybe provide a way to force certain uids/gids to be constant if users want this. William
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