[Bug 937169] [NEW] [FFe] Upgrading from 4.1.1 to 4.1-ESV-R4 (Extended Support Version)

[Stéphane Graber]

Public bug reported:

We discussed a bit in #ubuntu-devel earlier last week about why we're sticking with isc-dhcp 4.1 instead of going to 4.2.
The main reason is that 4.1 is a long term supported release and so matches our goal with the LTS.

Then on Friday, I noticed that we don't actually ship that Extended
Support Version but instead a pretty old ISC DHCP 4.1.1 from June 2010
with some backported patches.

So I think it'd be in our best interest to upgrade our isc-dhcp to
4.1-ESV-R4 released in December 2011 and that's the current long term
support release of isc-dhcp.

The full changelog can be found at: https://deepthought.isc.org/article/AA-00566
Look for entries between 4.1.1 and 4.1-ESV-R4


As far as I can see, they are all bugfixes but considering the very large number of them, I think it's safer to ask for a proper Feature Freeze Exception anyway :)

I have a test package built in my PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~stgraber/+archive/experimental/+packages

If the exception is approved, I'll start doing tests on these packages,
including running the full IPv6/IPv4 test suite as well as running on
all my machines here covering the DHCP server/DHCPv6 server/DHCP
relay/DHCPv6 relay/DHCP client/DHCPv6 client use cases and send a call
for testing to ubuntu-devel, waiting a few days for bug reports before
pushing to the archive.

** Affects: isc-dhcp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  [FFe] Upgrading from 4.1.1 to 4.1-ESV-R4 (Extended Support Version)

Status in “isc-dhcp” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  We discussed a bit in #ubuntu-devel earlier last week about why we're sticking with isc-dhcp 4.1 instead of going to 4.2.
  The main reason is that 4.1 is a long term supported release and so matches our goal with the LTS.

  Then on Friday, I noticed that we don't actually ship that Extended
  Support Version but instead a pretty old ISC DHCP 4.1.1 from June 2010
  with some backported patches.

  So I think it'd be in our best interest to upgrade our isc-dhcp to
  4.1-ESV-R4 released in December 2011 and that's the current long term
  support release of isc-dhcp.

  The full changelog can be found at: https://deepthought.isc.org/article/AA-00566
  Look for entries between 4.1.1 and 4.1-ESV-R4

  
  As far as I can see, they are all bugfixes but considering the very large number of them, I think it's safer to ask for a proper Feature Freeze Exception anyway :)

  I have a test package built in my PPA:
  https://launchpad.net/~stgraber/+archive/experimental/+packages

  If the exception is approved, I'll start doing tests on these
  packages, including running the full IPv6/IPv4 test suite as well as
  running on all my machines here covering the DHCP server/DHCPv6
  server/DHCP relay/DHCPv6 relay/DHCP client/DHCPv6 client use cases and
  send a call for testing to ubuntu-devel, waiting a few days for bug
  reports before pushing to the archive.

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