[gentoo-dev] openrc: oldnet vs newnet

2010-09-20 Thread William Hubbs
All, I want to start a new thread since the discussion on openrc is centering on whether we should use oldnet, newnet, or keep both. The drawback I see for newnet is that it does not allow the user to control each interface separately, so if you want to cycle one interface for some reason, this

Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc: oldnet vs newnet

2010-09-20 Thread Michał Górny
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:16:08 -0500 William Hubbs willi...@gentoo.org wrote: The drawback I see for newnet is that it does not allow the user to control each interface separately, so if you want to cycle one interface for some reason, this is not doable in that setup. I agree this is a

Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc: oldnet vs newnet

2010-09-20 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday, September 20, 2010 13:21:25 Michał Górny wrote: On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:16:08 -0500 William Hubbs wrote: The drawback I see for newnet is that it does not allow the user to control each interface separately, so if you want to cycle one interface for some reason, this is not doable

Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc: oldnet vs newnet

2010-09-20 Thread Joshua Saddler
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:16:08 -0500 William Hubbs willi...@gentoo.org wrote: All, I want to start a new thread since the discussion on openrc is centering on whether we should use oldnet, newnet, or keep both. Use oldnet. Why? 1. We already have a migration guide setup for it:

Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc: oldnet vs newnet

2010-09-20 Thread William Hubbs
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:52:23AM -0700, Joshua Saddler wrote: On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:16:08 -0500 William Hubbs willi...@gentoo.org wrote: All, I want to start a new thread since the discussion on openrc is centering on whether we should use oldnet, newnet, or keep both. Use

Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc: oldnet vs newnet

2010-09-20 Thread Antoni Grzymala
William Hubbs dixit (2010-09-20, 11:16): I want to start a new thread since the discussion on openrc is centering on whether we should use oldnet, newnet, or keep both. The drawback I see for newnet is that it does not allow the user to control each interface separately, so if you want to

Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc: oldnet vs newnet

2010-09-20 Thread William Hubbs
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 08:18:32PM +0200, Antoni Grzymala wrote: Does that support configurations where I set static addresses (including ipv6) and routes (also including ipv6) based on the SSID as is allowed by the oldnet scheme of things? I (and probably lots other ???power users???) rely on