Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:50:34 +0200 From: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Increasing MAXLOGNAME from 17 to 33 Message-ID: <20121113115034.GJ73505@kib.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <20121113111806.GE62533@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20121113111806.GE62533@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:18:06PM +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > Hi, > > I want to increase MAXLOGNAME in sys/param.h from 17 to 33 to allow 32-character > long usernames, the PR: misc/161091 and misc/133926 already requested for it. > > utmpx already allow 32 character long user names. > > I plan to bump the __FreeBSD_version at the same time because of the ABI > breakage. > > This is simplify life of lots administrator, this value, is a common value for > other operating systems. > > Do anyone have objections about it? Yes, I have. Do not break the ABI, it is plain prohibited. You might consider increasing the constant only if providing ABI compatibility shims. In fact, the cursory look over the whole base system indicates that ABI breakage might be not that big and could be mitigated with relatively limited amount of the efforts. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlCiNAoACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4jPUwCeNk2Pp4hOQlp53nRmlitiNhMk kgIAn1BPmg0rbtolEo3j3lEUNX5C4zme =qgII -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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