Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (103 mails)

[Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@xxxxxxx>]

Ralf Lang wrote:
> Am 17.04.2012 11:56, schrieb Christian Berendt:
> > In our packages for OpenStack we create several users and groups
> > for running the specific services.
>
> > rpmlint now gives us an warning and I want to remove the message
> > without using rpmlintrc.
>
> > [...] A file in this package is owned by an unregistered user id.
> > Please contact opensuse-packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxx to register the
> > user.
>
> > Is it possible to register the following users and groups? (We
> > always create a user keystone with a group keystone for example.)
>
> > keystone glance nova swift quantum melange
>
> I think there was a proposal to use a username prefix for new daemons
> which might conflict with "human" usernames. Maybe we should whitelist
> the while prefix if this proposal was accepted. I am not sure what the
> status is.

There was no conclusion. But then we don't have a formal process to
accept or decline such proposals either I guess. IIRC there was no real
argument against the proposal so maybe all I need to do is to add a wiki
page to the package guidelines to make the policy come into force?

cu
Ludwig

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