From nobody Sat Jun 19 04:44:36 2021 X-Original-To: net@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 190975D21FD for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2021 04:44:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4G6NVx3Y7Mz4cXg; Sat, 19 Jun 2021 04:44:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@freebsd.org) Received: from auth1-smtp.messagingengine.com (auth1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.227]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: philip/mail) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5CBD132D1; Sat, 19 Jun 2021 04:44:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@freebsd.org) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F2E427C0054; Sat, 19 Jun 2021 00:44:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 19 Jun 2021 00:44:41 -0400 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrfeefgedgkeduucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvufffoffkjghfgggtsegrtdhmreertdejnecuhfhrohhmpefrhhhilhhi phcurfgrvghpshcuoehphhhilhhiphesfhhrvggvsghsugdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrth htvghrnhepffdtgeekleeitdejlefhjeehleekveefjeeikeffteejgeevhefgvedvieeg tdeknecuffhomhgrihhnpehishgtrdhorhhgpdhfrhgvvggsshgurdhorhhgnecuvehluh hsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepphhhihhlihhpodhm vghsmhhtphgruhhthhhpvghrshhonhgrlhhithihqdduudeiiedviedvgeekqddvfeehud ektddtkedqphhhihhlihhppeepfhhrvggvsghsugdrohhrghesthhrohhusghlvgdrihhs X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sat, 19 Jun 2021 00:44:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Philip Paeps To: Lutz Donnerhacke Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISC DHCP client/relay end of maintenance Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 12:44:36 +0800 X-Mailer: MailMate (1.14r5814) 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> List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_MailMate_2DA46E1B-ADF3-425A-9226-F3432779411B_=" X-Spam: Yes X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: Y --=_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_=--