Request for comment: a new software to manage linux networking features

[martin f krafft]

also sprach namnd <namnd at fpt.com.vn> [2008.02.20.1852 +0100]:
> If you don't keep a lot of network states yourself, your software
> can't do many things useful, I hope that after some effort,  you
> will agree with me on this point.

I don't have to keep state to be able to access it.

What kind of useful things will I not be able to do?

> > It's also aimed at replacing ifupdown, not overriding it.
> >   
> Many packages call ifup/ifdown or rely on /etc/network/ifup.d/*, if you 
> don't provide all those features, other packages will break, people 
> won't accept it.

netconf has full ifupdown compatibility.

> How people call it single mode when your daemon runs on background while 
> the user is doing something on the shell?

single mode means no multiuser. I don't know what you're trying to
get at. udevd also runs in single user mode, for example. So does
upstart or even hald, I think.

> > Yes, I am aware of that. Unless I can get people like you
> > interested earlier so that they help. Because I don't have very
> > much time for netconf...
> >   
> I oppose the idea of relying on a daemon at the core, and I don't
> believe the "stateless" idea will won't, so I can not join the
> current netconf design.

What a shame. Thanks for an interesting discussion nonetheless.

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