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.

  • Orygin@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    Yes it’s rage bait and most here fall face first in it.
    Go petition your lawmakers instead of shitting on open source projects implementing required by law features.

      • Orygin@sh.itjust.works
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        4 hours ago

        Then incite people to call their legislators. Not openly shit on maintainers of open source projects.
        I see more people here whining about systemd than about having the laws repealed. It’s simple: there are currently 0 posts about that.