Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 12:44:36 +0800 From: Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> To: Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@donnerhacke.de> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISC DHCP client/relay end of maintenance Message-ID: <8FAABF29-58D3-480D-9DAF-D26ED690CB34@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20210618122039.GA11781@belenus.iks-jena.de> References: <20210618122039.GA11781@belenus.iks-jena.de>
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--=_MailMate_2DA46E1B-ADF3-425A-9226-F3432779411B_= Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; markup=markdown On 2021-06-18 20:20:39 (+0800), Lutz Donnerhacke wrote: > https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-users/2021-June/022495.html > > ISC would like to end maintenance of the ISC DHCP *client and relay* > by the > end of 2021. We plan to continue maintaining the DHCP *server*, and > any > code that is common between the server, client and relay for a couple > more > years at least. Our January 2020 release of ISC DHCP incorporated a > number > of submitted patches, mostly for the client, but otherwise we have > done > little maintenance on the client or relay. To be honest, the client > and > relay have simply not been a focus of ours for several years. As a > small > non-profit organization, we have to allocate our limited resources > carefully > and we think the ISC DHCP server, and Kea have more future value for > users. Maybe now is a good time to shepherd this one to completion: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D22012 In addition to being more actively maintained, dhcpcd also supports DHCPv6. Philip -- Philip Paeps Senior Reality Engineer Alternative Enterprises --=_MailMate_2DA46E1B-ADF3-425A-9226-F3432779411B_=--
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