Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ?

From	The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ?
Date	2022-05-08 14:40 +0200
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On 2022-05-08 at 07:06, Rick Thomas wrote:

> On Sat, May 7, 2022, at 7:47 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
> 
>> According to the ISC webpage:
>> 
>>> ISC has ended development on the ISC DHCP client as of early
>>> 2022. This client implementation is no longer maintained and
>>> should not be used in production any longer.
>> 
>> Can anybody recommend a good replacement? Does anybody know what
>> the Debian PTBs are planning for this?
>> 
>> Thanks! Rick
> 
> Does anybody know what the Debian developers plan to do about this
> change of policy by ISC?  I have a feeling it's going to be a problem
> that will have to be faced reasonably soon.

I remember reading a discussion on debian-devel recent-ish-ly which
could be relevant. I haven't reviewed it in detail at the moment, but I
think

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/09/msg00407.html

would be a good starting point for anyone who does want to review it.

-- 
   The Wanderer

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.         -- George Bernard Shaw

Thread

Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2022-05-08 05:10 +0200
  Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2022-05-08 05:20 +0200
    Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2022-05-08 05:50 +0200
      Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2022-05-08 06:40 +0200
        Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2022-05-08 08:50 +0200
          Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2022-05-08 10:30 +0200
    Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2022-05-09 04:10 +0200
  Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2022-05-08 05:20 +0200
    Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2022-05-08 05:50 +0200
      Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2022-05-08 09:00 +0200
  Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2022-05-08 13:30 +0200
    Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-05-08 14:40 +0200
  Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-05-08 14:50 +0200
    Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-05-08 15:40 +0200
      Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? Oliver Schoede <oliver.schode@online.de> - 2022-05-08 16:40 +0200
        Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2022-05-08 18:20 +0200
      Re: Alternatives to ISC dhcp-client ? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2022-05-09 11:50 +0200

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