rules: Ubuntu merge - use group "tape"

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@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ nodes should be reliably created, but some rules and libudev will
 not work correctly because the old kernels do not provide the expected
 information or interfaces.
 
 not work correctly because the old kernels do not provide the expected
 information or interfaces.
 

+We are currently merging the Ubuntu rules in the udev default rules, and
+get one step closer to provide a common Linux /dev setup regarding device
+names, symlinks, and default device permissions. On udev startup, we now
+expect the following groups to be resolvable to their ids by glibc's
+getgrnam(): "disk cdrom floppy tape audio video lp tty kmem".
+

 /dev/serial/by-{id,path}/ now contains links for ttyUSB devices,
 which do not depend on the kernel device name. As usual, unique
 devices - only a single one per product connected, or a real
 /dev/serial/by-{id,path}/ now contains links for ttyUSB devices,
 which do not depend on the kernel device name. As usual, unique
 devices - only a single one per product connected, or a real