On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 04:12:49PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 09:38:01PM +0200, Peter Boy wrote: > > >> YaST generates a linux-XXXX hostname when you install it. The "XXXX" > > >> string is alphanumeric. > > > > > > Also, yeah, I think if systemd-hostname could do something like that, > > > we could do that instead of forcing localhost.
That sounds like it would be very simple to implement. This could be a useful feature, e.g. I'd finally be able to distuinguish all my fedora VMs without figuring out unique names for them. > > One big argument pro change proposal was resp. is, that many tools > > recognise localhost as unconfigured and don’t work anymore when you change > > to something different. > > > > Doesn't a change to linux-xxxx contradict the original rationale pro the > > change proposal? And this is the hard part: the question is whether those … subpar tools that hardcode "localhost" will be happy with anything else. (For people who are not familiar with the backstory: we now have an D-Bus API where you can query the hostname but also the origin of that configuration: static/transient/default). > My take is: a freshly- but fully-installed Fedora Server or Fedora > Workstation system _shouldn't_ be "unconfigured". It should be basically > ready to go. And it's ideal of we can get to that state without asking a > litany of questions. > > For Fedora Server, it may be that "configure your DNS" is actually part of > what's expected. But for Fedora Workstation, that's probably not reasonable > — lots of laptops which move networks, etc. Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
