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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