Re: [PATCH v2] i386-pc: build verifiers API as module

[Glenn Washburn]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:16:26 +0000
Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 04:20:00PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> > NAK for this patch and others "fixing" small MBR gaps. I am not
> > going to deal with this kind of issues any longer because a few
> > folks in the world cannot/do not want/... reinstall their systems.
> > Sorry guys.
> 
> I'd just like to say that I think this is an unfortunate mistake, and
> puts distributions in an invidious position.

Forgive my ignorance, this seems like a fairly simple patch. While I
personally do not like maintaining patches just solely for myself, my
understanding is that distros are quite accustomed to carrying patches
for very long periods of time (indefinitely?). Is part of the push back
because its onerous for distro/package maintainers? Or is this more a
coming from a matter of principal?

Glenn