Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Socket activation is not mandatory or even a benefit in all cases. Just
> because we have a patch doesn't mean it is the right one. Upstream might
> have the foresight and the knowledge to see problems with patches we might
> not. There might be security implications. It specific cases, we can
> consider overriding upstream decisions but there should be very strong
> reasons to do so. Just because a license allows it doesn't make it best
> practise. It is always useful to get more peer reviews from patches with
> the expertise in the codebase. Upstream is a good place for that.
I believe it is the purpose of a well-integrated distribution to make sure
distro-wide features are implemented in ALL packages, irrespectively of
upstream projects' (or even individual package maintainers') personal
opinions and diverging (from ours) objectives.
Kevin Kofler
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