Hi, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote (28 Nov 2014 13:20:38 GMT) : > When I install a webserver, I expect a running webserver after the > installation is finished. That logic applies throughout Debian.
Indeed that's the case for daemons. > So when I install "macchanger", I expect my MAC to be changed. ... but macchanger isn't a daemon. The package description reads "utility for manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces". So, I don't expect it to do any such thing by default. I instead expect it to be available for me to manipulate MAC addresses. > But upgrading to this behavior does break people's previous > assumptions. Indeed. IMO this bug's severity should be raised to RC, because it apparently breaks quite a few common network configurations. Quite frankly, introducing this feature that late in a release cycle feels quite risky to me. I wonder if the sanest thing to do would be to revert it for Jessie, and work on it again for Stretch. > I think having this as a DebConf option makes the most sense. Agreed. In the meantime, the minimum would be to disable this feature by default IMO. Cheers, -- intrigeri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
