On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 05:17:32PM +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > * Marc Haber <[email protected]> [241029 11:15]: > > Since shadow, adduser and base-passwd are exposed security-wise as well, it > > would probably make sense to move the three source packages from the Debian > > project to its own Salsa project, probably best called shadow-team. > > I can kinda see that, but I don't want to do this for util-linux, > and then I'm not seeing the extra value. > > In general for Debian I'd like to see more things move into the > debian/ namespace. If people introduce crap -because- of that, then > so be it. They can already (NM)U the packages anyway. I'd rather > take the extra drive-by help.
The only practical problem I've ever had with base-passwd being in debian/ was the slight git mess resulting from https://bugs.debian.org/1012622. Other than that, to be fair, people have mostly had the common sense not to touch things when it isn't needed. -- Colin Watson (he/him) [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ Pkg-shadow-devel mailing list [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-shadow-devel
