Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc

From	Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc
Date	2021-01-21 00:00 +0100
Message-ID	<BzuCe-504-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 11:39:16PM +0100, Vincent Blut wrote:
> > We could do that.  However, in the past (earlier in this bug, even) it's
> > been pointed out that other packages should not be responsible for
> > setting kernel policies, so changes like this should be the
> > responsibility of the kernel packages.  That seems like a sensible
> > position to take.
> 
> If this is the position of the kernel team, then fine. But some packages *do*
> tweak kernel parameters using the sysctl interface mechanism. So does the kernel
> team provides documention about what is acceptable?

I think the distinction is that the other packages that tweak sysctl
values don't claim to be doing so on behalf of the kernel team.  If the
kernel team is responsible for the values being set, then the settings
should come from a package that the kernel team owns, not some other
package.

AFAIK, there are no guidelines or policy anywhere in Debian about
whether or not a package can provide its own sysctl settings.

noah

Thread

Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Matt Taggart <taggart@debian.org> - 2020-04-24 00:40 +0200
  Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2020-04-24 01:30 +0200
    Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Matt Taggart <taggart@debian.org> - 2020-04-24 07:10 +0200
  Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2021-01-08 01:20 +0100
    Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Ivan Baldo <ibaldo@adinet.com.uy> - 2021-01-18 02:40 +0100
      Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2021-01-20 23:00 +0100
    Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr> - 2021-01-20 22:30 +0100
      Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2021-01-20 23:10 +0100
        Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2021-01-20 23:30 +0100
          Processed: Re: Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for  default_qdisc "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2021-01-20 23:30 +0100
        Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr> - 2021-01-20 23:50 +0100
          Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 00:00 +0100
            Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr> - 2021-01-21 00:10 +0100
            Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2021-01-21 00:50 +0100
              Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr> - 2021-02-26 19:10 +0100

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