On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 10:33:59 -0400, Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Not sure why I was cc'd on this, but at least for Fedora, we still take > the 'one kernel to rule them all' approach for every spin (and will likely > continue to do so to maximise coverage testing) so a config option for us > for things like this is moot. > Just didn't want to miss anyone important. Sorry for the noise. > Whenever I've tried to push changes to our defaults through to our > default /etc/sysctl.conf, it's been met with resistance due to beliefs > that a) the file is there for _users_ to override decisions > the distro made at build time and b) if this is the right default, > why isn't the kernel setting it? > This seems to be the consensus within the Ubuntu community as well. I don't have any strong opinion either way but I will admit that setting it in userspace does make the packaging issue messy. - Ben -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>