[ovs-dev] [PATCH] fedora: do not restart the service on a pkg upgrade

[Flavio Leitner]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 03:26:10PM -0400, Russell Bryant wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Flavio Leitner <fbl at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > There is no reliable way to restore the previous networking
> > state after a service restart. Many things like firewall
> > configuration, traffic shaping, stacked devices, custom setups
> > are completely out of OVS control.
> >
> > The OVS might be providing the network used for remote
> > administration, so do not automatically restart the service
> > during a package upgrade.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl at redhat.com>
> >
> 
> Do you think this should be backported, as well?

Yeah, it sounds like a good idea.
Thanks Russell,
-- 
Flavio