Re: ifupdown maintenance
On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 23:15:24 +0200, Ansgar ? <ansgar@43-1.org> wrote:
>On Thu, 2024-07-11 at 05:14 +0900, Simon Richter wrote:
>> It is supported *now*, but the roadmap is unclear -- that support could
>> be discontinued at any moment, and it would not be the first time a
>> feature Debian relied on was removed.
>
>I understand your fears about the uncertainty of future developments.
>After all ifupdown is without doubt in a bit problematic state due to
>isc-dhcp-client no longer being supported, a feature Debian relied on,
>and as far as we know the support for alternatives like dhcpcd-base
>could end at any time as well.
Pulling the plug on isc-dhcp-client was not a nice move of ISC in the
first place. I can understand why isc-dhcp-server was replaced by kea,
but deprecating the client was, well, an unfriendly act.
While there are numerous alternative implementations of DHCP client,
the Linux world seems to be without a working DHCP relay
implementation in those days. That's REALLY bad for an installation
with Linux routers.
Greetings
Marc
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