Re: non-standard TCP tunings in EC2 images

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Lucas" == Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> writes:

    Lucas> On 20/07/16 at 19:12 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
    >> I would rather propose the reverse approach, that if a change is
    >> successful for cloud images, then it is a good idea to propose to
    >> extend it to more use cases.

    Lucas> Note that to judge if a change is successful, its rationale
    Lucas> should be documented, so that you can derive a success metric
    Lucas> from it. TTBOMK, the rationale for those sysctl tunings is
    Lucas> not documented.

I agree that bootstrap-vz needs a lot more documentation and that as we
grow we should get in the practice of documenting any divergences.

I think that as we understand why we're making changes we'll find we are
in a much better position to discuss whether they are good ideas.

--Sam