userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records by dylanmtaylor · Pull Request #40954 · systemd/systemd
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Stores the user's birth date for age verification, as required by recent laws in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc. The xdg-desktop-portal project is addi...

Fork time? Maybe all the anti-systemd zealots were right all along…

Edit: To address whether it is likely that this change will affect users: Gnome is planning a stronger dependence on userdb, the part of systemd where this change is being implemented. https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/

Final Edit: The PR has been merged into main.

  • skyline2@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
    543·
    20 days ago

    Exactly. This is a massive overreach, and it is crazy that Poettering is even considering merging this.

    • Marasenna@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      10·
      20 days ago

      and it is crazy that Poettering is even considering merging this.

      Not familiar with him then?