[systemd-devel] Head ups - upstream first no longer applies to the kernel.

[Jóhann B. Guðmundsson]

On 08/16/2016 11:28 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 11:15:03AM +0000, Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:
>>
>> On 08/16/2016 10:44 AM, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:11:27AM +0000, Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:
>>>> Recent case in point is the that the wireguard maintainer was/is interested
>>>> seeing it property integrated into systemd. Anywork related to that could not
>>>> be started *until* he had his stuff merged in the upstream kernel however now
>>>> anyone can have anything not upstreamed implemented in systemd.
>>> Wait, what needs to be added to systemd to get wireguard "working"
>>> properly?  It's just like any other network VPN service, what makes it
>>> special (well, becides the very coolness of it of course...)
>>>
>>> Were there patches that were rejected?  Any pointers to them?
>> The patches have not been written yet because the systemd developer
>> mentioned he would not accept it until this was merged upstream.
> Again, what type of patches to systemd are needed for wireguard?
>

For example changes to networkd configuration files.

Why are you so fixated on this since his stance is arguably the correct 
one on refusing this in the first place *until* this has been 
implemented in the upstream kernel which arguably and should have been 
done in relation with cgroup v2 until that got sorted out.

Are you against the policy of upstreaming first?

JBG