David Paleino wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:01:18 +0100, Roy Marples wrote: > >> Hi > > Hello Roy, > >> I'm upstream for dhcpcd and have recently installed Ubuntu on one of my >> machines and as such have a vested interest and now the means of using >> my software on a Debian based system. I have packages prepared for >> dhcpcd, dhcpcd-dbus and dhcpcd-gtk already and will work on one for >> openresolv (resolvconf implementation) later today. > > That's great -- I'll need dhcpcd-dbus for future versions of wicd, that's why > I > have an ITP open (#563974), which is blocked by this bug. > >> This provides a light weight alternative to NetworkManager or WICD. > > Oh, well :) > >> The only big issue that I see with people upgrading are moving >> configuration from /etc/default/dhcpcd to native dhcpcd >> in /etc/dhcpcd.conf and existing /etc/network/interfaces inet dhcp lines >> conflicting with dhcpcd running in master mode via its own init.d >> script. The script cannot run before networking as it needs the loopback >> interface and possibly wpa_supplicant started which would solve the >> problem. One solution would be to sed /etc/network/interfaces and >> comment these lines out. > > If I understood the problem correctly, can't you solve this with a proper LSB > header [0] in your initscript? > >> Can I prevent the init.d/dhcpcd script from being started/stopped on >> package upgrade/downgrade/removal/install? > > If you're using dh_installinit (or dh7), you can pass --no-start to it. See > dh_installinit(1). > >> Where can I post these packages for review? > > You can register to http://mentors.debian.net , and follow the instructions > there. Or upload your .orig.tar.gz, .diff.gz / .debian.tar.gz and .dsc > somewhere on the net. > > However, as Simon suggests in [1], maybe it's better to keep dhcpcd at version > 3, since it's used by lots of people out there, and make a new dhcpcd5 > package. > This would let us (Debian) handle the transition gracefully, i.e. people > wanting to upgrade to version 5 know what they're doing, and bugs will be > filed > there. We'll still have a rock-solid version (dhcpcd 3), which will eventually > be replaced by dhcpcd5. Roy, do you think this is ok? >
I'm very much in favour of moving to a dhcpcd5 package. Given my terrible record in getting stuff done on this I'm not going to promise to do it, but I will sponsor uploads if needed, and I'll certainly test things. Roy, please shout when you have stuff available for testing somewhere on the net. Cheers, Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
