Re: ifupdown maintenance
* Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> [240916 05:04]:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 10:57:39AM +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?
>
> Frankly the default is a completely uninteresting issue.
The default is the only interesting thing for this thread.
> The major concern
> IMO is that the zeal to have Yet Another New Thing doesn't break all of the
> existing systems that are running perfectly well with ifupdown and which
> clearly don't need a new thing.
Existing install can stay on ifupdown as long as it exists or maybe
even longer. Changing priorities (at least to "standard") of a
package does not magically install it on existing systems.
Chris
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