On Tue, 2024-07-09 at 11:45 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Tue, 09 Jul 2024 at 10:57:39 +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > Agreed: either it's drop-in compatible or we may as well switch > > the > > default to NM and/or systemd-networkd. > > > > Well, here's a heretical thought: why don't we do that anyway, at > > least for new > > installations? > > To some extent, we are already there: for new laptop/desktop > installations, NM is already the default (certainly true for GNOME, > and hopefully for most/all of the other tasksel-supported desktops). > > For new server/embedded installations, I think networkd would be a > better default than ifupdown [....]
yes please, I would love to see Debian switch from ifupdown to NM/networkd. ifupdown was the perfect tool for the time it was created in, but things have advanced, and imho now is a good time to switch. Bernd -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F
