Comment on Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field
Bjornir@programming.dev 19 hours agoWhat is the use case for that field? I do not see it as being used as anything else than a stepping stone towards age verification.
Comment on Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field
Bjornir@programming.dev 19 hours agoWhat is the use case for that field? I do not see it as being used as anything else than a stepping stone towards age verification.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
this is the correct way to frame this issue. it serves no purpose other than to support things that are further down a slope
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Seems like you don’t really need to fork the system until someone applies DOB field in a meaningful way.
Even in such a situation, I would suspect the short-term solution is simply a patch or crack to neuter the functionality that the DOB field is supposed to implement. A full fork seems unnecessary, even counterproductive, since it would define your OS as meaningfully distinct (and noticeably out of compliance) with a standard installation.