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On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:05:42 +0300
Markos Chandras <[email protected]> wrote:

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> # Markos Chandras <[email protected]> (10 Jul 2011)
> # Dead upstream. Bugs #353788 and #348232
> # Alternatives:
> # net-misc/dibbler
> # net-misc/dhcp[ipv6]
> # Masked for removal in 30 days
> net-misc/dhcpv6

Not cool. For a few reasons:

1. I had to delete significant sections of the ipv6 guide tonight,
since there's no documentation for these alternatives. Now there's
nothing on running an ipv6 dhcp server or client.

2. There are no more stable dhcp/ipv6 packages in the tree. This
sucks, both for users that run stable, and for the documentation,
since we're only supposed to cover stable packages.

- - net-misc/dhcp doesn't get +ipv6 unless you emerge the ~arch version
4.x, and even then, there is NO documentation included on how to use
it with ipv6.

- - net-misc/dibbler only has ~arch and hardmasked versions available.

Can anyone lend the GDP a hand and get us a couple of paragraphs on
how to configure a dhcp/ipv6 server and client, similar to what we
had in the guide? Ideally with a stable package, or maybe the
maintainers could stabilize their ~arch alternatives.

I hate to use Markos' Last Rites email as a jumping off point, but
it's these kinds of removals, the kind that shaft our users and
documentation maintainers, that make me throw up my hands in
frustration and take another step toward retirement. Markos, I'm not
singling you out; this has been going on for a long time now, with
many, many current and former developers: package maintainers
almost *never* look at the docs or contact the GDP when going through
package removals. I would like this to change. :)
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