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Removing network-scripts package

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

Name: Jan Macku, Lukáš Nykrýn

Email: jamacku@redhat.com, lnykryn@redhat.com

Current status

Targeted release: Fedora Linux 41
Last updated: 2024-10-02
Announced
Discussion thread
FESCo issue: #3221
Tracker bug: #2293626
Release notes tracker: #98

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

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)

Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

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:

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:

libteam - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2262986
NetworkManager - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2275295
openvswitch - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2262982
ppp - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2262981

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 - https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/commit/b748244cf9905696baf1bc16e0432f85093414c2

Release Notes

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 = Removing network-scripts package =
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 == Summary ==
-We are planning to remove the <code>network-scripts</code> package from Fedora 41. By removing the package, we are also removing support for legacy network scripts that have been deprecated since 2018.
+<code>network-scripts</code> package will be removed in Fedora 41. By removing the package, we also remove support for legacy <code>ifup/ifdown</code> network scripts that have been deprecated since 2018.
 == Owner ==
-* Name: [[User:jamacku| Jan Macku]]
+* Name: [[User:jamacku| Jan Macku]], [[User:lnykryn| Lukáš Nykrýn]]
-* Name: [[User:lnykryn| Lukáš Nykrýn]]
-* Email: [mailto:jamacku@redhat.com jamacku@redhat.com]
+* Email: [mailto:jamacku@redhat.com jamacku@redhat.com], [mailto:lnykryn@redhat.com lnykryn@redhat.com]
-* Email: [mailto:lnykryn@redhat.com lnykryn@redhat.com]
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+* FESCo issue: [https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3221 #3221]
-* Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
+* Tracker bug: [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293626 #2293626]
+* Release notes tracker: [https://gitlab.com/fedora/docs/fedora-linux-documentation/release-notes/-/issues/98 #98]
 == Detailed Description ==
-We plan to remove the <code>network-scripts</code> package from Fedora 41. It provides legacy <code>ifup</code>/<code>ifdown</code> scripts as well as <code>network.service</code>.
+<code>network-scripts</code> will be removed in Fedora 41. It provides legacy <code>ifup</code>/<code>ifdown</code> scripts as well as <code>network.service</code>.
 The <code>network-scripts</code> were '''deprecated in 2018''', and since then, upstream has provided only limited support.
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+* Proposal owners: Removing of <code>network-scripts</code> rpm package.
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+* Alignment with Community Initiatives: N/A (not needed for this Change)
 == Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
+<code>ifup/ifdown</code> command are no longer available. Use <code>nmcli connection up/down</code> or <code>networkctl up/down</code> instead.
 Old <code>ifcfg</code> network configuration should still work thanks to <code>NetworkManager-initscripts-ifcfg-rh</code> package. No migration is needed, but it is recommended to migrate from <code>ifcfg</code> to <code>keyfiles</code> configuration.
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+Networking should work as before the removal of <code>network-scripts</code> package.
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