Re: ifupdown2 by Cumulus Networks

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

Hi!

On Tue, 2014-08-05 at 23:51:04 +0200, Vincent Bernat wrote:
> Cumulus Networks is using Debian as a base and has produced "ifupdown2",
> a "compatible" replacement for ifupdown written in Python:
>  https://github.com/CumulusNetworks/ifupdown2/tree/master/ifupdown2
> 
> They maintain a state of what is done and apply changes incrementally to
> avoid any disruption. This is quite interesting. Has anyone worked with
> them on that?
> 
> I know the main author. May I propose him to package it in Debian?

Hmm, given your wording I'm wondering if the ifupdown maintainer (CCed)
is aware of what seems to be a “plan” (given the project name) to
supercede that package?

(Otherwise it might have been more corteous to use a different project
name?)

Thanks,
Guillem