Re: [PATCH] removal of libdhcp

[John Summerfield <debian herakles homelinux org>]

David Cantrell wrote:
> No patch attached because it's quite large.  I apologize for the length, 
> but considering this replaces a library and introduces a new struct it 
> meant a new file and changing calls everywhere.
>
>     http://dcantrel.fedorapeople.org/anaconda/iface/
>
> iface.h - Header file explaining the iface API.  iface_t structure 
> replacing pumpNetIntf and networkDeviceConfig, and all of the functions.
> iface.patch - The changes, it's about 90% complete at this point.
> *.txt - Explanations and notes.
>
> This patch removes anaconda's use of libdhcp, 

Why?
How will your patch improve Anaconda?[1]
How is/will Network Manager be better?
Does the result use less RAM?

I'm sure there are more questions.


[1] I accept that reducing duplicated code is good.


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John

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