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 <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora Project Leader -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
