linux-kernel - careful review of kdbus

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Date:	Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:17:01 +0200
From:	Martin Steigerwald <martin@...htvoll.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: careful review of kdbus

Hello!

In the light of

        * kdbus support is no longer compile-time optional. It is now
          always built-in. However, it can still be disabled at
          runtime using the kdbus=0 kernel command line setting, and
          that setting may be changed to default to off, by specifying
          --disable-kdbus at build-time. Note though that the kernel
          command line setting has no effect if the kdbus.ko kernel
          module is not installed, in which case kdbus is (obviously)
          also disabled. We encourage all downstream distributions to
          begin testing kdbus by adding it to the kernel images in the
          development distributions, and leaving kdbus support in
          systemd enabled.

Lennart Poettering: [systemd-devel] [ANNOUNCE] systemd v221
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/033170.html

I hope you kernel developers will still review kdbus carefully as you did so 
far, instead of giving in to any downstream pressure by distros.

It is exactly this attitude and this approach of systemd upstream that I 
feel uneasy about. Instead of humbly waiting and working towards having 
kdbus accepted to the kernel, systemd developers seem to use any means to 
create indirect pressure to have it included eventually.

I hope that it will still be technical excellence as entry barrier for 
anything that goes into the kernel.

Please note: I do not judge upon the technical quality of kdbus. I think 
others are more knowledgeable to do it.

Thank you,
-- 
Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de
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