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23 minutes agoWhat do you mean with “these people”?
All I say is that no one forces you to enter a value in an optional part oft the systemd project (not to be confused with systemd, the init process).


What do you mean with “these people”?
All I say is that no one forces you to enter a value in an optional part oft the systemd project (not to be confused with systemd, the init process).


Have you checked your local laws? At least for Germany there is already one requiring this option.


The birthDate field is optional. As userdb as a whole.


Who are “they”?


The same with the birthDate field.


It doesn’t. The MR is just for an additional and optional field in userdb. The same as in any proper user directory service (LDAP mainly).
What could go wrong if in your system there exists a standard place where you could put some magic string?
Remember, no one is forcing you to put the magic string in.