[pkg-dhcp-devel] Running the DHCP server as non-root

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:28:28PM -0700, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 05:02:56PM +0000, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > I would like to help get this patch merged into Debian and upstream if
> > possible.  It was originally based on 3.0.1-2, but Ubuntu has been carrying
> > it since then, and so it's been merged up to 4.1.1-P1-15 and quite well
> > tested at this stage.
> > 
> > The changes to upstream code are actually quite small and contained (10
> > lines, across one source file and 2 makefiles).  Would you be willing to
> > merge this small patch into the package until upstream decides what to do
> > with it?
> > 
> > Can you tell me what you think and how you would like to proceed with this?
> 
> I have a personal policy of keeping the Debian package as close to upstream
> as possible. Ideally the long term set of Debian patches should approach
> zero.

I appreciate that, and it's a good practice.  How do you decide when the
benefit of a patch is enough to offset this general principle?

> I'm suffering from a severe lack of spare time at the moment, but after
> mid-April I plan on getting back into DHCP-related stuff with a vengeance.
> 
> I've got a good relationship with upstream, and I plan on having a
> face-to-face sit down with them in the near future. One of the things I'll
> be discussing is bugs that I've forwarded upstream. I'll ensure that I
> discuss this particular patch.
> 
> I've managed to get the LDAP patch accepted this way, and I'm sure I can get
> a patch of this size accepted as well.
> 
> In the meantime, I'll also ping the ticket.

Have you found some more time to work on this past mid-April as you hoped?
Is there any word from upstream?

-- 
 - mdz