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. AFAIK, there are no guidelines or policy anywhere in Debian about whether or not a package can provide its own sysctl settings. noah
