Re: [PATCH] iptables: Sort table names in ip[6]tables-save

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> Why?  Today the behavior is random.  If you added a NAT table rule
> before a FORWARD table rule, the NAT rules would be at the bottom
> of the iptables-save output.  You're suggesting that completely
> random behavior should be the _default_?  Isn't deterministic
> behavior a better default?

I didn't say it should be the default.
I said there should be a way to disable the sorting.
Getting a dump as close as possible to the kernels view of the
situation is potentially desirable when debugging stuff.
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