#3221 Change: Removing network-scripts package
Closed: Accepted 5 months ago by zbyszek. Opened 5 months ago by amoloney.

network-scripts package will be removed in Fedora 41. By removing the package, we also remove support for legacy ifup/ifdown network scripts that have been deprecated since 2018.

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Metadata Update from @amoloney:
- Issue tagged with: system wide change

5 months ago

+1

On the subject of removing ISC dhcp, that makes sense given upstream has abandoned it. But there is the actively maintained dhcpcd. Even though it's not a drop-in replacement for dhclient, it has script hooks (in a manner better than dhclient, IMHO) and could take the place of dhclient in network-scripts. I'm only pointing this out, not suggesting we do it. The change proposal notes there is a no replacement for dhclient. There is, it's just no one is currently working on it for Fedora. Should a user out there dislike the removal of network-scripts for one reason or another, we should point out that they would need to be made to work with an actively maintained DHCP client (such as dhcpcd) before re-introduction in to Fedora. But I don't see that happening.

+1

The last time this was done there was no announcement, which means we almost lost teamd which would have broken NetworkManager. Glad it's announced properly this time

(ref: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2263334)

Metadata Update from @ngompa:
- Issue set to the milestone: Fedora Linux 41

5 months ago

With votes tallying (+6, 0, 0) this change is now APPROVED.

Metadata Update from @amoloney:
- Issue tagged with: pending announcement

5 months ago

Metadata Update from @zbyszek:
- Issue untagged with: pending announcement
- Issue close_status updated to: Accepted
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)

5 months ago

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