On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 08:40:48PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > USE=oldnet is documented, end of story. you're complaining about a *bug*, > not > lack of documentation. stop mixing the two as you're only muddling this > thread.
I don't think you are going to find anyone here stating that the USE flag itself is not documented. The heart of the matter is that, not only do we testers find the sweeping API changes poorly documented (preventing properly testing them and starting this thread), but there are many regressions, several of which are non-starters. Seemingly simple things like configuring static routes, setting MTUs, and bringing up interfaces after configuring them have fallen by the wayside for no apparent reason, and with zero documentation. Even PPP interface support has been dropped with little explanation other than "get that old script from mrness and hope it works". As far as I can tell, the new openrc network API has (and has only been tested with) one extremely simple paradigm in mind: DHCP or statically configured hosts on a flat, autoconfigured ethernet VLAN with only one off-subnet route. That is a huge step backward.
