On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:27:51 +0200 Thomas Bächler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Aaron Griffin schrieb: > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Daniel Isenmann > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> above package is in testing for both archs. Please signoff. I can't > >> test the package because I don't use it, I have a router and not > >> connected directly on the line. > > > > If no one uses this, you can take my awesome "blame me if crap be > > broken" signoff > > I wonder why this is in core anyway. PPPoE connections can be > established with the pppd package alone. The only advantages this > package has are: > > 1) A fancy configuration script. With pppd only, you'd have to read > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PPPoE_Setup_with_pppd and set it > up. We could include some example configuration like this in the pppd > package though. > > 2) A PPPoE server. We don't need that in core. > > With pppd, the PPPoE protocol is handled in the kernel (while > rp-pppoe does it in userspace), so pppd probably has less overhead > anyway. > > I vote for db-move rp-pppoe core extra. I can't give any comments on that. I really don't use it and have never used it. I trust your statement. Any complains about moving to extra? If no, you can move it. Daniel
