openrc-discuss

Hi Alon

On Saturday 10 October 2009 19:56:29 Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> Hello Roy,
> 
> I tried to find some information regarding the new networking, there is
> not changelog and not readme...
> 
> I kind of liked the old networking... I managed to support a lot of
> configuration
> without having to determine the low level commands.

It's not going away anytime soon, just not the default anymore.

> The new networking, may be simpler to implement, but for users it is much
> more difficult to manage.
> 
> Let's take the bridge for example... Users should now understand the brctl
> command...
> 
> ppp is another example of lost functionality.
> 
> Where are we going in this regard? What is the vision? Ease of use
> or ease of implementation? *BSD or Linux?

We should strive to have easy to use tools rather than easy to use wrappers.
This benefits everyone instead of just benefiting Gentoo, which is my vision.
BSD is far superior here, and I did start at making a new ifconfig for Linux 
that brought a similar level of functionality. However, that project has 
stalled due to a lack of time. I can make the sources available if anyone 
wants to pick it up.

Thanks

Roy