> On 28 Nov 2021, at 23:26, Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org> wrote:
> [sinp]
> The only problem that anyone has put forth is one that does not exist.
> UIDs and GIDs are still assigned dynamically in Gentoo. The number you
> type in the ebuild is only a hint: it's the first number that will be
> tried during the dynamic assignment. There is no limit on the number of
> hints, and we will never run out because a conflict is never possible,
> because the damned things are assigned dynamically.
> 
> Is there an actual problem?
> 

Could you look at this thread?

https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/5bad6853520e3ab182f6399a53198fec <https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/5bad6853520e3ab182f6399a53198fec>

Whissi and others raised some points that I think you may have some views on
(and I'm interested in hearing them).

best,
sam