Fine, converted to a wishlist entry (not planning on working on that though).
I believe we can update the release notes post-release, yes and we probably should for that case. It's also worth noting that dhclient was the only dhcp client doing the whole backgrounding thing in ifupdown, all the other ones are behaving just like dhclient is since 12.04. ** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix => Triaged ** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1017166 Title: Unplugged or deactivated ethernet interfaces may not be handled properly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/1017166/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs