On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 09:36:32AM +0300, Eray Aslan wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 09:15:36PM +0100, Thomas Deutschmann wrote:
> > On 2021-11-11 11:59, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> > > We could:
> > > 
> > > - Open some part of the range between 500 and 1000. For example,
> > >    500..799, which would leave 200 IDs for dynamic allocation.
> > > 
> > > - Open part of the range 60001..65533. Not sure if all software will be
> > >    happy with that.
> > > 
> > > - Admit that the concept of static allocation has failed, and return to
> > >    dynamic allocation.
> > 
> > Only the third option is really possible.
> 
> FWIW, I agree with this sentiment.
> 
> 1/ Static allocation does not really solve a problem. Not really not
> nowadays
> 2/ We cant keep adding new IDs to a distribution as new software gets
> added - one side is unbounded.  This is losing game.
> 
> Switching back to dynamic allocation seems to be the best option.
> 
> -- 
> Eray
> 

I realize I'm very late to this party, but +1 from me also.

We should use dynamic uid/git assignment by default and maybe provide a
way to force certain uids/gids to be constant if users want this.

William