Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:44:40 +0100 From: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> To: Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> Cc: vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Vincent Bentley <vince@vincentbentley.co.uk>, freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org, "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Practical suggestions for resolving the Age Verification problem Message-ID: <CADqw_gLdF2QSnSqsEBBu0aLg14gHmcLJC6qu-X-5L8HiUt80Vg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <e29bbfc4f76aa2d5bdf8bd452460b7eb@bsdforge.com> References: <08dc619e-955a-438d-86ba-751b1fa63bce@vincentbentley.co.uk> <qurrwbveytgowgynhnxl@gnvo> <jlqpgyurrtctmgglpwgh@msbt> <CANCZdfpTcV36wOUh4ivQt0GfH5cPfzh7MiQKAgAXXbOxwDEYUw@mail.gmail.com> <tldnfperrvgxbipskaof@hbbd> <e29bbfc4f76aa2d5bdf8bd452460b7eb@bsdforge.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 11:13 PM Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote: > On 2026-03-09 10:39, vermaden wrote: > > Lucas Holt from MidnightBSD just created aged(8) here: > > - https://github.com/MidnightBSD/src/tree/master/usr.sbin/aged > > While I think the initiative as written is untenable (unenforceable) > Wouldn't it be enough to write an additional field to adduser(8) > say; born / over 13? Then allow ports to use it as they so choose? > It's a dead simple approach w/ near zero work/overhead. > Speaking as a "naive" user and developer: Where would you want to store that information? the GECOS field is known nearly universally, you can't just change it, it'd break ... lots ot stuff. Besides: storing people's age in a publicly visible place probably wouldn't fly with many people, esp in the EU. regars Michael > > > > Regards, > > vermaden > > --Chris -- Michael Schuster http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/ recursion, n: see 'recursion' [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 11:13 PM Chris <<a href="mailto:bsd-lists@bsdforge.com">bsd-lists@bsdforge.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 2026-03-09 10:39, vermaden wrote:<br> > Lucas Holt from MidnightBSD just created aged(8) here:<br> > - <a href="https://github.com/MidnightBSD/src/tree/master/usr.sbin/aged" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/MidnightBSD/src/tree/master/usr.sbin/aged</a><br>; <br> While I think the initiative as written is untenable (unenforceable)<br> Wouldn't it be enough to write an additional field to adduser(8)<br> say; born / over 13? Then allow ports to use it as they so choose?<br> It's a dead simple approach w/ near zero work/overhead.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Speaking as a "naive" user and developer:</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Where would you want to store that information? the GECOS field is known nearly universally, you can't just change it, it'd break ... lots ot stuff. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Besides: storing people's age in a publicly visible place probably wouldn't fly with many people, esp in the EU.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">regars</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Michael</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <br> > <br> > Regards,<br> > vermaden<br> <br> --Chris</blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Michael Schuster<br><a href="http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/</a><br></div><div>recursion, n: see 'recursion'<br></div></div></div></div>home | help
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