Removing network-scripts package
This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
Summary
network-scripts
package will be removed in Fedora 41. By removing the package, we also remove support for legacy ifup/ifdown
network scripts that have been deprecated since 2018.
Owner
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Name: Jan Macku
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Name: Lukáš Nykrýn
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Email: jamacku@redhat.com
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Email: lnykryn@redhat.com
Detailed Description
network-scripts
will be removed in Fedora 41. It provides legacy ifup
/ifdown
scripts as well as network.service
.
The network-scripts
were deprecated in 2018, and since then, upstream has provided only limited support.
The main reason for removing network-scripts
is that ISC dhcp has not been maintained upstream since the end of 2022. There is plan to remove it upcoming Fedora release. Network scripts heavily depend on the DHCP client, and since Network Scripts are no longer developed, there is no chance of updating them to use an alternative client.
Feedback
Benefit to Fedora
We don’t deliver software that has been deprecated for many years, unmaintained upstream, and for which we don’t have resources to maintain downstream. Additionally, it simplifies networking tasks for users and administrators because NetworkManager will be used more uniformly across Fedora environments.
Scope
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Proposal owners: Removing of
network-scripts
rpm package. -
Other developers: Make sure that dependency on
network-scripts
package is removed (see #Dependencies). -
Release engineering: N/A (not needed for this Change)
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Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
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Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
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Alignment with Community Initiatives: N/A (not needed for this Change)
Upgrade/compatibility impact
ifup/ifdown
command are no longer available. Use nmcli connection up/down
or networkctl up/down
instead.
Old ifcfg
network configuration should still work thanks to NetworkManager-initscripts-ifcfg-rh
package. No migration is needed, but it is recommended to migrate from ifcfg
to keyfiles
configuration.
You can use one of the following articles on how to migrate:
- From ifcfg to keyfiles: modernizing NetworkManager configuration in Fedora Linux 36 - Fedora Magazine
- How I migrated to NetworkManager keyfiles for configuration | Opensource.com
How To Test
Networking should work as before the removal of network-scripts
package.
User Experience
Dependencies
RPM packages that depends in some form on network-scripts
:
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libteam
- 2262986 – remove network-scripts-teamd subpackage; network-scripts won't be available in f40+ -
NetworkManager
- 2275295 – Drop initscripts-updown subpackage for Fedora 41 -
openvswitch
- 2262982 – remove network-scripts-openvswitch subpackage; network-scripts won't be available in f40+ -
ppp
- 2262981 – remove network-scripts-ppp subpackage; network-scripts won't be available in f40+
Note that this will also affect all users with local custom network-scripts that require functionality from network-scripts
package.
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: Since dhcp client is no longer maintained and is going to be deprecated in Fedora, there is currently no contingency mechanism.
- Contingency deadline: beta freeze
- Blocks release: No
Documentation
- Upstream Deprecation notice - spec: Mark network-scripts as deprecated · fedora-sysv/initscripts@b748244 · GitHub
Release Notes
Last edited by @amoloney 2024-05-31T08:57:14Z