At 2024-08-15T13:20:02-0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> > This change was noted in NEWS.
> > 
> > I would suggest hooking your config into something that uses the
> > network-online.target target, with a timeout like network-manager
> > and networkd do, so that the boot process doesn't hang. If it's a
> > simple unit, it's enough to add RuntimeMaxSec= to it, so that it's
> > killed if it doesn't work within the configured timeout.
> 
> It's just so depressing that this is how debian works now. We used to
> try to not break things, now the answer is "you should have read the
> NEWS, and known that unrelated packages were going to break, and
> reconfigured standard debian network tools to add non-default
> timeouts". All because the aesthetic preference for not having the
> same binary appear in two different paths is a higher priority than
> keeping systems working.

"Move fast and break as much stuff as possible, or Debian will be doomed
to irrelevance.  I'll be SABDFL someday!"

The creed of the _impactful_ developer.

Regards,
Branden

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