[arch-general] sudoers file change - not much on dev list - reason for changes?

[Steven Susbauer]

On 9/7/2010 1:22 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Got the sudo update with the new sudoers file, Noticed new %sudo group
> designation along with the traditional %wheel:
>
> ## Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to execute any command
> # %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL
>
>
> Any reason that we would want a sudo group instead of using wheel?
>

The change happened here:

http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/diff/387719e52d0f/plugins/sudoers/sudoers

Relevant part of the log: "and a %sudo line for debian."

It seems "we" don't want or use a sudo group.