From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ROzJr-0005mO-Dy for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:11:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AFE5621C0A0; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:11:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.mthode.org (rrcs-24-173-105-85.sw.biz.rr.com [24.173.105.85]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D216721C080 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:10:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mh2gatm.rackspace.corp (unknown [64.39.4.132]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.mthode.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 59511A9FE for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:10:53 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-5--855132807" Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: openrc: use iproute2 for all network handling in linux From: Matt Thode In-Reply-To: <4EBD9B47.6030008@gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:10:50 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <35011513-F942-4A61-B340-6A100FD65E06@gentoo.org> References: <20111111215344.GA31226@linux1> <4EBD9B47.6030008@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.3.3 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Archives-Salt: 58c949be-58a9-461e-986f-643143375123 X-Archives-Hash: 09542c8a984784a23da273d272e09285 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --Apple-Mail-5--855132807 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 On Nov 11, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Ch=C3=AD-Thanh Christopher Nguy=E1=BB=85n = wrote: > William Hubbs schrieb: >> I realize there would be a trade-off if I stop supporting linux's >> ifconfig and route in openrc, but how much of a trade-off? Would the >> benefits of iproute2 outweigh the down side of not supporting = ifconfig >> and route on linux? >>=20 >> What does everyone think? >=20 > +1 > Do you need iproute2 at all? I think you could fall back to busybox if > iproute2 is not installed. >=20 > While you are at it, please also switch from wireless-tools to iw :) > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D261655 >=20 >=20 > Best regards, > Ch=C3=AD-Thanh Christopher Nguy=E1=BB=85n >=20 I think that we should be using the new tools by now, it's been in = development for the last ten years. There would have to be some sort of = migration path for people to use though. -- Matthew Thode= --Apple-Mail-5--855132807 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOvZ1rAAoJECRx6z5ArFrDP2oQAIAhdZOj8NkIvshaquJVPAeA gDuVo5LlfBAruPLTS/PeI0GHa4Y3gCuyFBrHxqrgJmn45jDLiaXRTG99cyu3NTfm X55PGpP13tvY2FpYqWlQDCm/JLtic4vt9KbWA3jfxpoZEs4V2YF9xSPGxfh/XVsX D/q3GiIDuzwVysb+nrSiHfCe2aEBr6p1/8TZJ7BAc9OlAhuRzcl5HFqn98r/oOk4 KgSy5LIC9MDu/4VBk3gMsqMTvaMs4OSMtDjN2RdMaz+5PmA0bNiN7yW5qeVN/1vb Ub69CWxllmNt06VvZOUmECMDQUc8DE7zxGy5+o13jwAFIa45r0G0bEDBFPYsooJg wp1DTeNfkQIhl82p8B+W4o8440hhYBGDMYC03dlmLWfAa1BO4KPDfV7IrpkmR6Mk c4wGjZZvXJndM5yr0Ve+wkQRYcdsOh0lUexMpngaflVLvgWOpz66inzQw3UN4okb yoDsThG76fS47sE6Rnnw6+A70EmQpxaxSMZufWjX2zM8uvvMCJ371K1nfhPqEot4 SqIcYSItrBm53xI2uU4yuugYBIaJLJhrSGy8ALZjXt8qeS1XCQVnL6W1mfuZB3rk pE+MhgPo5FHVv4GRAXF2peJUHuUJmSEkDpACLwq69ThlY0fBnn4afw0JV2MDMHeF 8NM00GU3nPGe5X+dQkUF =4G1e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-5--855132807--