Bug 534060

Summary: hostname should be packaged separately
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jiri Popelka <jpopelka>
Component: net-toolsAssignee: Jiri Popelka <jpopelka>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 13CC: kbaxley, notting, rvokal, woodard
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Description Jiri Popelka 2009-11-10 12:20:49 UTC 
Description of problem:
There's need to get rid of net-tools (customers should be migrating
towards iproute) or at least remove it from the default install (Bug #444036, comment #8).
However hostname (part of net-tools) is not that case so separate hostname
package is needed.


Additional info:
First possibility is to take hostname.c from net-tools. Nobody touched that code as long as changelog remembers.
Second possibility is to take hostname from Debian, where it has been as separate package since 1997.

Pros for Debian's hostname:
- more mature (good looking) code
- active development (see changelog at http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/h/hostname/current/changelog )
- i'm in touch with Debian Hostname Team and they are open to changes (see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=552482)
- no need to create separate git repository for hostname

Cons against Debian's hostname:
- no localization and verbose mode (possible to add it back)
Comment 1 Bug Zapper 2009-11-16 15:24:03 UTC 
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 12 development cycle.
Changing version to '12'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2010-03-15 13:00:25 UTC 
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 13 development cycle.
Changing version to '13'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping