Re: network service removed in Fedora 40 without a Change proposal(?)

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On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 06:00:41PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > This should have been an announced Change. This is a significant
> > change with wide impact.
> 
> I've filed a bug, proposed it as a blocker, and filed a FESCo ticket
> asking FESCo to designate the bug as a blocker.
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274830
> https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3196

I admit I was also initially surprised. But, this actually has been going
through the Change process for a while:

F33: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/NetworkManager_keyfile_instead_of_ifcfg_rh
F36: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/NoIfcfgFiles
F39: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/MigrateIfcfgToKeyfile

That last one actually says: 

> The upstream NetworkManager project has recently declared the ifcfg plugin
> as deprecated. This means that the code will only receive bug fixes, and
> will not get new functionality such as supporting new properties.
>
> With this change, existing profiles in ifcfg format will be automatically
> migrated to the native keyfile format via a migration service shipped with
> the NetworkManager-initscripts-ifcfg-rh package. In Fedora, we plan to
> drop the plugin by Fedora Linux 41.

(Emphasis on the last line.)

The words "the network-scripts subpackage is deprecated and will be removed"
do not seem to have appeared in the release notes, and in retrospect that
probably should have been stronger.

"Gone in 40" _does_ technically fit into the letter of "drop by 41"... but
maybe not the spirit?

I think a "drop in 41" change (and a clear item in the F40 release notes!)
is probably the best way to clear the air -- but I don't think the
maintainers stepped around the process here.

-- 
Matthew Miller
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Fedora Project Leader
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