Re: Bug#677230: ITP: adhcp -- DHCP implementation in Ada

[Adrian-Ken Rueegsegger <ken@codelabs.ch>]

Hi,

On 06/12/2012 03:45 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> ken@codelabs.ch wrote:
>> Package: wnpp
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Owner: "Adrian-Ken Rueegsegger" <ken@codelabs.ch>
>>
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>> * Package name    : adhcp
>>  Version         : 0.3
>>  Upstream Author : codelabs.ch
>> * URL             : http://www.codelabs.ch/adhcp/
>> * License         : GPL-2+
>>  Programming Lang: Ada
>>  Description     : DHCP implementation in Ada
>>
>> ADHCP is an implementation of the DHCP protocol in Ada. Currently the project
>> provides client and relay services for DHCPv4.
>>
>> The ADHCP DHCPv4 client (adhcp_client) is D-Bus aware and can be used on most
>> modern Linux distributions as replacement for other clients such as ISC’s
>> dhclient or busybox’s udhcpc.
> 
> One question: why?

Is the question about why ADHCP in general or why ADHCP in Debian?

If it is the former: the initial motivation for the development of ADHCP
was the need for a simple and robust implementation of the DHCP protocol.

If it is the latter: I believe having a simple and robust DHCP
implementation would be beneficial for the Debian project in general.

Regards,
Adrian