[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#799605: Bug#799605: Please default to internal DHCP client

[Josh Triplett]

On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 11:51:42PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Control: severity -1 wishlist
> 
> Am 20.09.2015 um 21:47 schrieb Josh Triplett:
> > Package: network-manager
> > Version: 1.0.6-1
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Since version 1.0, NetworkManager includes its own internal DHCP client
> > code, which can obtain an address far faster than dhclient.  Please
> > consider making this the default.  Users who need more esoteric features
> > specific to dhclient can always configure NetworkManager to use dhclient
> > via /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf .
> 
> Last time I looked at it, the internal dhclient didn't support DHCPv6

True.  It's unfortunate that NM can't use the internal code only for the
cases that it supports.  (Or, better yet, add the DHCPv6 support that
now exists in the same codebase they got the DHCPv4 code from.)

> and I experiences some odd issues with VPN connections.

Is there a bug report (upstream or in Debian) for that?

> My personal preference is to stick with what NM upstream considers the
> preferred default.

I had the impression NM just preferred dhclient on the theory that if
you enabled it at compile time, you must want to use it.  But fair
enough; this isn't urgent, and I can easily enough enable it via
NetworkManager.conf for now.

It does provide a significant improvement to network setup speed,
though.  Would you consider adding a note to NEWS.Debian suggesting that
users enable it if it works for them?

- Josh Triplett