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Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:45:58 +0100 From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: make bridge-nf-call-*tables default configurable On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 20:16 -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com> > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:27:47 +0100 > > > For these reasons, it makes sense to allow distributions to disable > > netfilter on the bridge by default and require those specialized users > > to enable it explicitly via sysctl. > > I heard that distributions ship some file, what's it called... > something like /etc/sysctl.conf :-) > > Really, if someone thinkgs the default stinks and dists don't like it > for their users, they can use sysctl.conf to set it how they please. If upstream agrees the default stinks, then upstream could start making moves towards rectifying it :-) I like Patrick's idea of adding it to feature-removal-schedule > Notwithstanding that changing this default can break working > setups and scripts. Yes they can "change", but they were just > (rightly) using the kernel as it came to them. Yep, that's a valid concern. Weighing up the impact on the small number of people who use it versus the ongoing impact on everyone else, I think it's best to make the change. Cheers, Mark. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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