Adduser devel - Oct 2011 - Bug#432562: --system allow uppercase in usernames without --force-badname

Package: adduser
Version: 3.113
Followup-For: Bug #432562
User: ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com
Usertags: origin-ubuntu precise ubuntu-patch

Hi folks,

This bug was ''wontfixed'' several years ago with the comment to
wait for
feedback on how the experiment with upper case names goes in Ubuntu.

We aren''t making extensive use of this functionality; but at the same
time,
I don''t see any indication of bug reports resulting from this change.

Is there further feedback you''d look for here before reconsidering the
patch?

Attached is the current version of the patch against 3.113.

Cheers,
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Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                    http://www.debian.org/
slangasek@ubuntu.com                                     vorlon@debian.org


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retitle #432562 --system should allow uppercase in usernames without
--force-badname
thanks

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 02:49:20PM -0700, Steve Langasek
wrote:
> We aren''t making extensive use of this functionality; but at the
same time,
> I don''t see any indication of bug reports resulting from this
change.
I think that not enough Ubuntu systems use a local MTA to make the
caseful-local-part issue show itself significantly enough. This is one
of the points where Debian''s and Ubuntu''s typical usage has
major
differences.

In other words: I think the change is valid for Ubuntu, and isn''t for
Debian.

Greetings
Marc

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> retitle #432562 --system should allow uppercase in usernames without
--force-badname
Bug #432562 [adduser] adduser --system allow uppercase in usernames without
--force-badname
Changed Bug title to ''--system should allow uppercase in usernames
without --force-badname'' from ''adduser --system allow
uppercase in usernames without --force-badname''
> thanks
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On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:30:11AM +0100, Marc Haber
wrote:
> retitle #432562 --system should allow uppercase in usernames without
--force-badname
> thanks
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 02:49:20PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > We aren''t making extensive use of this functionality; but at
the same time,
> > I don''t see any indication of bug reports resulting from this
change.
> I think that not enough Ubuntu systems use a local MTA to make the
> caseful-local-part issue show itself significantly enough. This is one
> of the points where Debian''s and Ubuntu''s typical usage
has major
> differences.
There are plenty of users deploying Ubuntu servers, including many mail
servers, and there just isn''t any evidence that this behavior is a
problem
for these users.

Which is why I asked the question in my email that I did:

  Is there further feedback you''d look for here before reconsidering
the
  patch?
> In other words: I think the change is valid for Ubuntu, and isn''t
for
> Debian.
I don''t see any basis for this conclusion.  There''s no reason
why adduser
should behave differently between the two distributions.

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                    http://www.debian.org/
slangasek at ubuntu.com                                     vorlon at debian.org
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On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 03:24:03PM -0600, Steve Langasek
wrote:
> There''s no reason why adduser
> should behave differently between the two distributions.
Why did you change it then?

Greetings
Marc

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