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
    1034·
    2 days ago

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

    • JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org
      64·
      2 days ago

      I would say the majority of objections to systemd pertain to perceived overreaches of the project (perceptions I generally share). So in that sense, it is kind of on brand.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
      244·
      2 days ago

      it is crazy that Poettering is even considering merging this

      You’ve, uh, seen systemd, right? Cmon; this is just one more section for the cancer to eat.