On Sun, 2021-11-28 at 23:39 +0000, Sam James wrote: > > Whissi and others raised some points that I think you may have some views on > (and I'm interested in hearing them). >
I don't want to put words in his mouth, but I think Whissi takes issue with using the package manager to manage users, period. Not specifically with our use of a UID/GID hint. I didn't respond to the first thread because I didn't want to pick a fight when the correct conclusion (IMO) was already reached. In the first thread I see only hypothetical problems raised (and a bunch of people who didn't realize the numbers are only a hint). If any of those problems are real and solved by allowing ACCT_USER_ID=-1 in ::gentoo, you'll have to point them out.
