Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc

From	Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#890343: linux: make fq_codel default for default_qdisc
Date	2021-01-21 00:10 +0100
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Le 2021-01-20 14:46, Noah Meyerhans a écrit :
> 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.

Makes sense!

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

That would be nice to have a statement on this, though.

> noah

Cheers,
Vincent

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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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