[$] The kdbuswreck

Few readers will have failed to notice by now that the attempted merging ofthe kdbus interprocess communication system into the 4.1 kernel has failedto go as well as its proponents would have liked. As of this writing, thediscussion continues and nothing has been merged. This article constitutesan attempt to derive a bit of light from the massive amounts of heat thathave been generated so far, with a specific focus on the issue of metadataand capabilities.