Fedora default services (was: Re: F15 Feature - convert as many service init files as possible to the native SystemD services)

[Kevin Kofler]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Socket activation is not mandatory or even a benefit in all cases.  Just
> because we have a patch doesn't mean it is the right one.  Upstream might
> have the foresight and the knowledge to see problems with patches we might
> not.  There might be security implications.  It specific cases, we can
> consider overriding upstream decisions but there should be very strong
> reasons to do so.  Just because a license allows it doesn't make it best
> practise.  It is always useful to get more peer reviews from patches with
> the expertise in the codebase.  Upstream is a good place for that.

I believe it is the purpose of a well-integrated distribution to make sure 
distro-wide features are implemented in ALL packages, irrespectively of 
upstream projects' (or even individual package maintainers') personal 
opinions and diverging (from ours) objectives.

        Kevin Kofler