On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 18:02 +0200, Denis Ovsienko wrote: > > Basically, you are advocating a rewrite of /etc/sysconfig/networking and > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. You may start with a detailed explanation as > > to why the setup, that Redhat has provided, is not up to task. > > I advocate an alternative, that can be installed and switched into. > I know that people are used to initscripts and don't want to throw it away. > But some people (not only me) are not satisfied with initscripts-way, > see bugzilla.redhat.com for details. I look at that bugs from time to time > and some are seen for several years yet. Being net-scripts maintainer in > ALTLinux, I can't blame Bill Nottingham for that, some things are unfixable > with current design. > > A working solution, that was done is ALTLinux, is to: > 1. Split initscripts so that network-related part goes to net-scripts package. > net-scripts will provide network-config-subsystem. > 2. Find all dependencies on initscripts, change some to > network-config-subsystem. Patch packages that depend on > network-config-subsystem. > 3. Pack /etc/net, which will provide network-config-subsystem. Now we have 2 > conflicting packages, only one of which will be installed at once. The whole > system should work independently of which one is installed, so it's up to > user which one to use. > > Those who edit ifcfg-eth0 once a year will not want to learn a new way to do it. > But those who need more than current initscripts (Ok, network part of > initscripts) can provide, are left with rc.local and an editor. Here is a > list of what currently /etc/net can do but initscripts can't: > - QoS > - inter-interface dependencies > - configuration profiles > - multi-host configuration > - routing rules > - ifrename support > - ifplugd support > [...] > - EXTENSIBLE DESIGN > > I (and other people) find solutions of everyday tasks with /etc/net. I don't > want to make others think the way I do, but I need a way to give people choice > freedom within FC. This freedom is demanded. > > -- > DO4-UANIC > Are you going to add support for all this in to system-config-network as well? :-) Jon -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
