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

[ty-ml at eye-of-odin.com]

> 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.
>

I find it interesting that upstream made a change/addition just to
accommodate for one distribution. Usually it's the distro that patches
things for their own benefit.