Bug#1006264: RFH: dhcpcd5 -- DHCPv4, IPv6RA and DHCPv6 client with IPv4LL support
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Control: affects -1 src:dhcpcd5
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Given how upstream ISC will stop development of its DHCP suite by the end of 2022 [1], Debian will need to select a new stock DHCP client to ship with Priority:Important.
dhcpcd5 seems like the most potential replacement. It covers most IPv4 and IPv6 usage cases, and upstream regularly updates the code. However, the Debian package hasn't been updated in ages.
A bug was filed asking for the latest upstream release to be packaged was filed [2] but remains unanswered nearly 2 years later. A recent comment by Michael Biebl suggests that current versions of Network-Manager ship with support for this, but it would require a MUCH more recent version than what Debian currently ships.
I therefore think that dhcpcd5 deserves plenty of maintainance help, perhaps even a new maintainer.
Martin-Éric
The package description is:
dhcpcd is a one stop network management daemon which includes
* RFC compliant DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 clients
* DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation support
* IPv4LL (aka ZeroConf) support
* ARP address conflict resolution
* Link carrier detection
* Wireless SSID profiles
* ARP ping profiles
1. <https://www.isc.org/blogs/dhcp-client-relay-eom/>
2. <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=964947>
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