Indeed, that bug report is an interesting example. I can see both sides failing.<p>1. It was not a good bug report. &#x27;Do not parse &quot;debug&quot; command line parameter&#x27; is not a bug. The actual bug is &quot;assertion in systemd-journald&quot; which is a clear regression, but independent of kernel parameters. According to comments 17 and 22, it was promptly fixed.<p>2. According to projects process, discussions about design are to be done on the mailinglist and not in the bug tracker. Most commenters violate this.<p>3. No systemd dev explained why they parse the debug parameter.<p>4. Sievers closed the bug report without explicitly acknowledging the assertion problem.<p>5. The kernel devs (especially Linus) are too hot headed and misread this. Systemd caused and fixed (!) the assertion problem.