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Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie

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On 23.09.24 12:27, Ansgar 🙀 wrote:
> On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 12:22 +0200, Lukas Märdian wrote:
>> On 22.09.24 15:58, Ansgar 🙀 wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2024-09-20 at 13:12 +0200, Lukas Märdian wrote:
>>>> I've repeated the reasons why I think a hybrid stack using Netplan is a
>>>> feasible solution many times in previous threads, therefore I'd like to refer
>>>> to a list of frequently asked questions, instead of spreading more reasons
>>>> across more replies: https://wiki.debian.org/Netplan/FAQ
>>>
>>> The FAQ states: "If native backend configuration is applied on top of
>>> that, Netplan will now know, nor care about it (unless they try to
>>> configure an interface controlled by Netplan in a conflicting way)."
>>>
>>> What does that mean on desktop systems? What will happen when a user
>>> wants to change the configuration using the UI (which usually talks to
>>> NetworkManager)?
>>
>> This is a very good question, also asked by Chris above.
>>
>> If users want to control their network configuration through the NetworkManager
>> UI, they can just continue to do that as always, it's a case of configuration at
>> the native layer. NM will continue to function as always, storing its profiles
>> in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections. Netplan would not know about those
>> connection-profiles, but would not interfere, as long as people do not try to
>> configure the same interface through /etc/netplan/ settings.
>>
>> The benefit that Netplan would provide in such cases is that debian-installer
>> installs a /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml config file, reading:
>>
>> network:
>>     version: 2
>>     renderer: NetworkManager
> 
> So on desktop installations including NetworkManager, netplan will be
> configured to do nothing? Why install netplan at all on desktop systems
> then?

Because it allows to add configuration in a way that is common with server, cloud
and other instances of Debian. It's not about enforcing this, or breaking people's
use-cases. But about working towards unified network configuration.

-- Lukas

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proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Lukas Märdian <slyon@debian.org> - 2024-09-20 13:20 +0200
  Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> - 2024-09-20 15:50 +0200
    Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Bill MacAllister <bill@ca-zephyr.org> - 2024-09-20 22:20 +0200
  Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-09-22 12:30 +0200
    Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Marc Haber <mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de> - 2024-09-22 13:10 +0200
      Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-09-22 13:50 +0200
        Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie "Jonathan Dowland" <jmtd@debian.org> - 2024-09-22 16:50 +0200
          Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2024-09-22 17:20 +0200
        Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Hakan Bayındır <hakan@bayindir.org> - 2024-09-22 23:30 +0200
    Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2024-09-22 13:10 +0200
      Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2024-09-22 20:10 +0200
        Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie "Andrea Pappacoda" <andrea@pappacoda.it> - 2024-09-22 22:40 +0200
          Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2024-09-23 00:10 +0200
            Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Lukas Märdian <slyon@debian.org> - 2024-09-23 12:40 +0200
    Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Lukas Märdian <slyon@debian.org> - 2024-09-23 13:10 +0200
      Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> - 2024-09-23 14:10 +0200
      Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Marvin Renich <mrvn@renich.org> - 2024-09-23 14:50 +0200
      Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org> - 2024-09-23 15:00 +0200
      Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> - 2024-09-24 08:10 +0200
    Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2024-09-24 14:20 +0200
  Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Ansgar 🙀 <ansgar@debian.org> - 2024-09-22 16:30 +0200
    Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Lukas Märdian <slyon@debian.org> - 2024-09-23 12:30 +0200
      Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Ansgar 🙀 <ansgar@debian.org> - 2024-09-23 12:50 +0200
        Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Lukas Märdian <slyon@debian.org> - 2024-09-23 13:20 +0200
          Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com> - 2024-09-23 13:40 +0200
            Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Lukas Märdian <slyon@debian.org> - 2024-09-24 15:40 +0200
              Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Ansgar 🙀 <ansgar@debian.org> - 2024-09-27 10:10 +0200
          Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no> - 2024-09-23 14:20 +0200
        Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> - 2024-09-27 20:20 +0200
          Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Ansgar 🙀 <ansgar@debian.org> - 2024-09-27 21:10 +0200
  Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Sirius <sirius@trudheim.com> - 2024-09-22 17:50 +0200
    Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2024-09-22 23:50 +0200
      Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Sirius <sirius@trudheim.com> - 2024-09-23 08:30 +0200
        ifupdown-ng source stanza (Was: proposal: Hybrid network stack for  Trixie) Daniel Gröber <dxld@darkboxed.org> - 2024-09-23 11:00 +0200
          Re: ifupdown-ng source stanza (Was: proposal: Hybrid network stack  for Trixie) Sirius <sirius@trudheim.com> - 2024-09-24 13:40 +0200
  Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-09-23 10:10 +0200
    Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-09-23 10:20 +0200
      Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-09-23 10:30 +0200
        Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> - 2024-09-23 11:10 +0200
          Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Lukas Märdian <slyon@debian.org> - 2024-09-23 12:10 +0200
          Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-09-23 12:10 +0200
            Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-09-23 12:30 +0200
  Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2024-09-23 11:40 +0200
    Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-09-23 12:30 +0200
      ifupdown behaviour with IPv6 DAD failure (Was: proposal: Hybrid  network stack for Trixie) Daniel Gröber <dxld@darkboxed.org> - 2024-09-23 13:50 +0200
        Re: ifupdown behaviour with IPv6 DAD failure (Was: proposal: Hybrid  network stack for Trixie) Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org> - 2024-09-23 17:50 +0200
          Re: ifupdown behaviour with IPv6 DAD failure (Was: proposal: Hybrid  network stack for Trixie) Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2024-09-24 00:20 +0200
      Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2024-09-24 10:50 +0200
  Re: proposal: Hybrid network stack for Trixie Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@debian.org> - 2024-10-07 18:30 +0200

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