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Birthdate field under discussion also in Arch Linux (github.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev
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Add a required birth date prompt (YYYY-MM-DD) to the user creation flow, stored as a systemd userdb JSON drop-in at /etc/userdb/.user on the target system.

Motivation

Recent age verification laws in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc. require platforms to verify user age. Collecting birth date at install time ensures Arch Linux is compliant with these regulations.

This is just a pull request, no changes yet.

The pull-request discussion thread has been locked, just like it happened for the similar thread in Systemd, owing to the amount of negative comments...

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[-] spectrums_coherence@piefed.social 109 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This dude need to chill, he also pushed the systemd change, and in his blog he seems to believe android "advance flow" for sideloading protects users.

The one they are targeting is California's AB-1043, which still have three quarters of a year before it comes into effect...

I think this dude might get too excited for his new subscription of claude code or whatever, and decided to spam every project with these request. Some of these are reasonable, some are compliance in advance.

Also this dude writes two freaking blog every week with LLM. If I were him, I would try to find some joy in my personal life...

[-] endlesseden@pyfedi.deep-rose.org 32 points 3 days ago

are you sure it's even a person, not a bot? because this all screams either bot or seeking internet fame as the "hero to kids".

[-] spectrums_coherence@piefed.social 10 points 2 days ago

I think he has repo pre ChatGPT with legitimate usecases, while that would not be a conclusive proof, I cannot imagine some chatbot would bother with this.

[-] teft@piefed.social 10 points 2 days ago

Yeah. He’s also the third highest contributor to archinstall. But even good developers can have shit beliefs.

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