Re: [PATCH nft v2 3/3] src: add xt compat support

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On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 10:51:35PM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Why would I want to re-write a working nft+compat ruleset to one
> that only uses native expressions?

The fact is that we cannot push users to use nf_tables, but we can
provide good reasons to adopt the native replacements and tools to
migrate easily.

> Whats the point of providing a 'native' replacement for an existing xtables
> target if we can just use the xtables version?

Have a look a hashlimit, multiport and all of our existing combo
match/targets.  They are a mess. We're now going towards a way more
flexible and generic (lego fashion) framework that will provide all
kind of combos without relying on this kind of Frankenstein
extensions.
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