Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: handling the "uucp" group

[Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>]

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 2:03 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have noticed that in the latest versions of udev we are  patching the
> default upstream rules to  accomodate our "uucp"  group.
>
> I don't think it is a good idea to patch default rules, so, I want to
> bring up possible fixes.
>
> First, baselayout has had the "dialout" group since 2015, so the
> longterm fix imo is to possibly use that instead of the uucp group. What
> would it take to make that happen, or are we stuck with the uucp group
> forever?

I think a news item targeting current eudev/udev/systemd users
announcing the change would suffice. Basically, the change means that
modem/serial devices will be owned by the "dialout" group instead of
"uucp", so people will need to update their group membership settings
if they rely on that.

> Also, I think if we are stuck with the uucp group we should write a rule
> of our own instead of patching the default rules.

If we keep the uucp group, I would prefer to continue patching the
udev rule. This makes it very simple to notice if/when upstream makes
changes to it.

Whatever you do, please keep the systemd and eudev teams in the loop
-- this affects more than just sys-fs/udev.