On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 10:44:15 +0100 Paul Gevers <elb...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:07:54 -0600 "Karl O. Pinc" <k...@meme.com> > wrote: > > Section 4.7 "Preparing for the next release" of the jessie->stretch > > release notes do not mention that Debian 10 will require migration > > to the kernel's "predictable network names". (Or, I imagine, manual > > assignment of network names.) > > > > Because users are going to have to migrate anyway it might be useful > > to do so sooner rather than later and "prepare for the next > > release". :-) > > > > See: > > /usr/share/doc/udev/README.Debian.gz > > https://sources.debian.org/src/systemd/235-2/debian/udev.README.Debian/ > > Bug#881769 > > We have missed the boat for the stretch release-notes, but I think > this would also be good to mention in the buster release notes, > right. Yes. It is very important to mention. The udev README.Debian says that new-style (not eth*, wlan*) interface names are required under buster. If this is true, anyone upgrading a stretch system that was upgraded from wheezy will have networking break, badly. > I am not familiar with this change, could you propose a text > for the release notes? If not, do you have ideas on who to ask? I will see if I can get you something next week. I started, but am unable to finish right now. I am no expert on this. I hope to provide a starting point for someone else to verify and build upon. Regards, Karl <k...@meme.com> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward." -- Robert A. Heinlein
