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Add a required birth date prompt (YYYY-MM-DD) to the user creation flow, stored as a systemd userdb JSON drop-in at /etc/userdb/.user on the target system.

Motivation

Recent age verification laws in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc. require platforms to verify user age. Collecting birth date at install time ensures Arch Linux is compliant with these regulations.

This is just a pull request, no changes yet.

The pull-request discussion thread has been locked, just like it happened for the similar thread in Systemd, owing to the amount of negative comments...

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[–] StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

This law affects exactly 0 users on my entire content... So why do I need this nonsense? Even systemd change is bullshit and doesn't affect me or anyone on my continent.