Re: isc-dhcpd project fork
Victoria Risk <[email protected]> Fri, 3 Nov 2023 16:38:41 +0100
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--===============4306631852125596522== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_18A18BB9-3820-45F5-BB39-E9EBBF2A5A39" --Apple-Mail=_18A18BB9-3820-45F5-BB39-E9EBBF2A5A39 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On 3. 11. 2023, at 15:56, Robert Blayzor <[email protected]> = wrote: >=20 > Probably unpopular opinion as I know ISC's pushing Kea as the new best = thing. >=20 > Is/was there any movement as far as a fork of dhcpd to another = community supported project? (maybe something like the way MySQL spun = into MariaDB, etc). Hi Robert, We did ask on this list if anyone was interested in taking over ISC-DHCP = as an =E2=80=98authorized=E2=80=99 fork, and in the end, no, we did not = get any volunteers. There was one person who indicated they might want = to maintain the client, as part of a team, if we could find others to = help, but nothing that rose to the level of a viable committment. In case you haven't found it, we announced the EOL here on this list = (https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-users/2022-October/022786.html)=20 https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-users/2022-October/022786.htmland = on the ISC web site, https://www.isc.org/blogs/isc-dhcp-eol/ a year ago, = and I am unaware of any actively-maintained fork. If you happen to find = one though, please do let us know, as there are several places where I = could drop breadcrumbs to make it easier for users to find these. The problems we faced in continuing to maintain ISC DHCP would also = present difficulties for other maintainers, so I am not very surprised = that we haven=E2=80=99t seen a viable fork emerge.=20 Regards, Vicky Risk, ISC Product Manager= --Apple-Mail=_18A18BB9-3820-45F5-BB39-E9EBBF2A5A39 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br = id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>On 3. 11. 2023, at 15:56, Robert Blayzor = <[email protected]> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Probably unpopular opinion = as I know ISC's pushing Kea as the new best thing.<br><br>Is/was there = any movement as far as a fork of dhcpd to another community supported = project? (maybe something like the way MySQL spun into MariaDB, = etc).<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Hi = Robert,<div><br></div><div>We did ask on this list if anyone was = interested in taking over ISC-DHCP as an =E2=80=98authorized=E2=80=99 = fork, and in the end, no, we did not get any volunteers. There was one = person who indicated they might want to maintain the client, as part of = a team, if we could find others to help, but nothing that rose to the = level of a viable committment.</div><div><br></div><div>In case you = haven't found it, we announced the EOL here on this list (<a = href=3D"https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-users/2022-October/022786.htm= l">https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-users/2022-October/022786.html</a>= ) </div><div><div><div class=3D"apple-rich-link" draggable=3D"true" = role=3D"link" = data-url=3D"https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-users/2022-October/022786= .html" style=3D"-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; = display: inline-block;"></div></div>and on the ISC web site, <a = href=3D"https://www.isc.org/blogs/isc-dhcp-eol/">https://www.isc.org/blogs= /isc-dhcp-eol/</a> a year ago, and I am unaware of any = actively-maintained fork. If you happen to find one though, please = do let us know, as there are several places where I could drop = breadcrumbs to make it easier for users to find = these.</div><div><br></div><div>The problems we faced in continuing to = maintain ISC DHCP would also present difficulties for other maintainers, = so I am not very surprised that we haven=E2=80=99t seen a viable fork = emerge. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>V= icky Risk, ISC Product Manager</div></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_18A18BB9-3820-45F5-BB39-E9EBBF2A5A39-- --===============4306631852125596522== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. dhcp-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/dhcp-users --===============4306631852125596522==--