Re: default network management tools (was: ifupdown maintenance)
On Tue, 2024-07-09 at 11:45 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Jul 2024 at 10:57:39 +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> > Agreed: either it's drop-in compatible or we may as well switch
> > the
> > default to NM and/or systemd-networkd.
> >
> > Well, here's a heretical thought: why don't we do that anyway, at
> > least for new
> > installations?
>
> To some extent, we are already there: for new laptop/desktop
> installations, NM is already the default (certainly true for GNOME,
> and hopefully for most/all of the other tasksel-supported desktops).
>
> For new server/embedded installations, I think networkd would be a
> better default than ifupdown [....]
yes please, I would love to see Debian switch from ifupdown to
NM/networkd. ifupdown was the perfect tool for the time it was created
in, but things have advanced, and imho now is a good time to switch.
Bernd
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