Alessandro Selli wrote on 8/3/19 8:05 am: > On 07/03/19 at 21:22, Ralph Ronnquist via Dng wrote: >> Alessandro Selli wrote on 8/3/19 6:49 am: >>> Next improvement would be using current commands (ip and iw) in place >>> of the obsolete and deprecated ones, i.e. ifconfig and iwconfig: >> The terms "obsolete" and "deprecated" are badly chosen, since the >> programs ifconfig and iwconfig are neither. > > > Yes, they are. They are pending removal from several (all?) major > distributions, some already removed them years ago, and they receive > little development, mostly just security patches.
ifconfig and iwconfig are useful programs. They work well without needing constant development; security patches are good. >> You may well have your >> reasons to like other programs to achieve the functions offered by >> ifconfig and iwconfig, but that does not make ifconfig and iwconfig be >> neither obsolete nor deprecated. > > > They are both, and I provided with pointers to explain why they are. > > You are of course free to ignore facts. We do live in a free society. "facts" ?? It is a fact that ifconfig and iwconfig are useful programs. They work well without needing constant development; security patches are good. Ralph. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng