Re: OT(?) -- Should the net.agent script cause "ifup lo" to be run?

[Miles Lane <miles@megapathdsl.net>]

David Brownell wrote:

>> From: "Bill Nottingham" <notting@redhat.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 4:38 PM

>> I was probably overly harsh in my assessment; it's not that
>> the scripts are buggy (aside from the ppp thing); it's that
>> in the current state what they do conflicts with how the
>> distribution used to work before.
> 
> It's almost as if we were doing beta testing of the system
> integration, right now ... ;-)

Hi Bill and Co.,

In the early design phase of the hotplug system (it was 
USB-specific at the time, IIRC), David Brownell foresaw 
that we would reach a point were the folks involved in
developing distribution init scripts would get involved.
I am delighted to see that that day has arrived!  It's a
definite milestone.

At that time, David mentioned that a huge amount of the
work in improving and fine-tuning the hotplug system
would require the resources, effort and expertise of the
distribution vendor staff.  So, your input and contributions
are most welcome!

In order to ensure that we implement a solid, general system,
it would be wonderful if you would invite others at Redhat
and at the other distribution vendors, as well, to
participate in the hotplug development process on this
mailing list.

You mention some problems Redhat encountered in recent
rawhide testing.  It would be fantastic if you could help
ensure that any hotplug-related problems are reported to
this mailing list quickly, so we can work together on a
solution.  Since this is a big change to hotplugging and
since good hotplugging is one of the most significant
improvements we can make to improve user experience on
the desktop, it seems important that we get this all
ironed out rapidly.  This will obviously help Redhat and
all the other vendors deliver great 2.4-based Linux
releases more quickly.

Best wishes,

	Miles


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