Self-Introduction: Denis Ovsienko and /etc/net project

[Jon Nettleton]

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