netdev - Re: [iproute2 00/22] Support for stateless configuration (read from /etc and /usr)

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Message-ID: <20230724184020.41c53f5f@hermes.local>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 18:40:20 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Gioele Barabucci <gioele@...rio.it>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [iproute2 00/22] Support for stateless configuration (read from
 /etc and /usr)

On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:50:44 +0200
Gioele Barabucci <gioele@...rio.it> wrote:

> Dear iproute2 maintainers,
> 
> this patch series adds support for the so called "stateless" configuration
> pattern, i.e. reading the default configuration from /usr while allowing
> overriding it in /etc, giving system administrators a way to define local
> configuration without changing any distro-provided files.
> 
> In practice this means that each configuration file FOO is loaded
> from /usr/lib/iproute2/FOO unless /etc/iproute2/FOO exists.

These files are not something the typical user ever looks at or changes.
Please explain why all this churn is necessary and consoldate into
one patch. Trying to manage/review 22 little pieces doesn't make much
sense.