IPMI Maintainer Call 3/27/2018

[Brad Bishop]

> On Mar 28, 2018, at 1:22 AM, Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer at google.com> wrote:
> 		• Possible for IBM to only apply as downstream patch?  (+1 from Vernon & Emily)
> 	• What about change to add username (-U) to use ipmitool over network?
> 		• Vernon: would prefer username was required (security concern). RAKP includes username as part of keygen

I would just advise careful consideration here.  If you don’t provide people
a path to upstreaming what they want to do, it will lead to forks and
fragmentation.  It doesn’t have to be easy, just possible.

This isn’t a threat - please don’t take it as one.  I’m not close enough
to the problem at hand to have a stance on once side or the other.  I’m just
pointing out that this is an aspect you should consider when weighing the
pros and cons of allowing something to be upstreamed.

I realize my past behavior may not match what I’m saying but in the
last year this is a lesson I’ve definitely learned and taken to heart.

Maybe to start an in depth outline of what the sticking points are could
be shared and we can all weigh in?