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Netplan v0.106 is now available

February 15, 2023 by slyon

I’m happy to announce that Netplan version 0.106 is now available on GitHub and is soon to be deployed into an Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora installation near you! Six months and 65 commits after the previous version, this release is brought to you by 4 free software contributors from around the globe.

Highlights

Highlights of this release include the new netplan status command, which queries your system for IP addresses, routes, DNS information, etc… in addition to the Netplan backend renderer (NetworkManager/networkd) in use and the relevant Netplan YAML configuration ID. It displays all this in a nicely formatted way (or alternatively in machine readable YAML/JSON format).

Furthermore, we implemented a clean libnetplan API which can be used by external tools to parse Netplan configuration, migrated away from non-inclusive language (PR#303) and improved the overall Netplan documentation. Another change that should be noted, is that the match.macaddress stanza now only matches on PermanentMACAddress= on the systemd-networkd backend, as has been the case on the NetworkManager backend ever since (see PR#278 for background information on this slight change in behavior).

Changelog

New ‘netplan status’ CLI by @slyon in #290
API: implement APIs from the new specification by @daniloegea in #298
Check and fix non-inclusive language by @daniloegea in #303
Documentation improvements (using Diátaxis & RTD) by @slyon
Match by PermanentMACAddress by @rlaager in #278
Netplan api iterator by @daniloegea in #306
API: update netplan_delete_connection() to avoid spawning another process by @slyon in #322
NetworkManager 1.40 compat & file permission fixes (LP#1862600, LP#1997348) by @slyon in #300
Migrate from (deprecated) nose to pytest by @daniloegea in #302
parse: Add the filepath to OVS ports netdefs by @daniloegea in #295
Check if the interface name is too long (LP#1988749) by @daniloegea in #313
doc/examples: remove unnecessary route for IPv6 on-link gateways by @sbraz in #312
Memory leak CI action by @daniloegea in #321
tests:base:ethernets: Improve stability of autopkgtests by @slyon in #223

Bug fixes:

Fix some memory leaks by @daniloegea in #297
parser: plug a memory leak by @daniloegea in #309
src:parse: plug memory leaks in nullable handling by @slyon in #319
Fix ‘netplan ip leases’ crash (LP#1996941) by @daniloegea in #301
tests: mock calls to systemctl by @daniloegea in #314
ctests: fix an integer conversion issue by @daniloegea in #315
docs: small fix on netplan-set doc by @daniloegea in #316
parser: return the correct error on failure (LP#2000324) by @daniloegea in #308
apply: Fix crash when OVS is stopped (LP#1995598) by @daniloegea in #307
networkd: make sure VXLAN is in the right section (LP#2000713) by @daniloegea in #310
cli:set: update only specific origin-hint if given (LP#1997467) by @slyon in #299
vxlan: convert some settings to tristate (LP#2000712) by @daniloegea in #311
parser: check for route duplicates (LP#2003061) by @daniloegea in #320

Netplan v0.105 is now available

August 19, 2022August 18, 2022 by slyon

I’m happy to announce that Netplan version 0.105 is now available on GitHub and is soon to be deployed into an Ubuntu/Debian installation near you! Six month and exactly 100 commits after the previous version, this release is brought to you by 7 free software contributors from around the globe.

Changelog

Add support for VXLAN tunnels (#288), LP#1764716
Add support for VRF devices (#285), LP#1773522
Add support for InfiniBand (IPoIB) (#283), LP#1848471
Allow key configuration for GRE tunnels (#274), LP#1966476
Allow setting the regulatory domain (#281), LP#1951586
Documentation improvements & restructuring (#287)
Add meson build system (#268)
Add abigail ABI compatibility checker (#269)
Update of Fedora RPM spec (#264)
CI improvements (#265, #282)
Netplan set uses the consolidated libnetplan YAML parser (#254)
Refactor ConfigManager to use the libnetplan YAML parser (#255)
New netplan_netdef_get_filepath API (#275)
Improve NetworkManager device management logic (#276), LP#1951653

Bug fixes

Fix apply netdev rename/create race condition (#260), LP#1962095
Fix try timeout (#271), LP#1967084
Fix infinite timeouts in ovs-vsctl (#266), Debian#1000137
Fix offload options using tristate setting (#270), LP#1956264
Fix rendering of NetworkManager passthrough WPA types (#279), LP#1972800
Fix CLI crash on LibNetplanException (#286)
Fix NetworkManager internal DHCP client lease lookup (#284), LP#1979674

Updated: Openmoko Community Survey 2011

January 9, 2012December 27, 2011 by slyon

Update 9.1.2012: results are updated.

As the year 2011 nears it’s end, we – the Openmoko Community – did a poll [0] about which is the most popular hardware and which is the most popular software in our community. The poll was open for one week now and we got votes from 73 people.

I decided to close the poll now and release the results to the public. To create a ranking I gave 1 point to a “YES” vote and 0.5 points to a “(YES)” vote. The maximum (100%) is 73 points.

Rankings

Software Side:

1. SHR                  112.5 points    (61%)
2. QtMoko                99.5 points    (54%)
3. Debian                75.5 points    (41%)
4. Other Distro          40.0 points    (22%)

Hardware Side:

1. Om GTA02             158.5 points    (86%)
2. Goldelico GTA04       71.0 points    (38%)
3. Nokia N900            34.0 points    (18%)
4. Other Device          26.0 points    (14%)
5. Palm Pre (+variants)  14.5 points    ( 8%)
6. Om GTA01               9.5 points    ( 5%)
7. Google Nexus S         7.0 points    ( 4%)

Conclusion

On the software side SHR is still the most popular distro, directly followed by QtMoko. Quiet a few people commented, that they intend to code their own software/GUI mostly to educated themselves.

On the hardware side the Om GTA02 is the clear winner (which was expected). Surprisingly the Goldelico GTA04 is the 2nd most interesting device in this community, even though very few people have one, yet. Still, most of the developers already own one and you should get yours soon [1], as it seems to become a common target of this community. The Palm Pre, Om GTA01 and Google Nexus S got very few points and thus are probably not worth to support…

Happy New Year

Now, i’d like to wish all you Open Hard- and Software-Enthusiasts out there a good start into the year 2012. I hope the GTA04 project will flourish in 2012 and will help our community to grow and free the phone again!

Links

[0] http://www.doodle.com/sh6insnivnvqyz7h
[1] http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04 Group Tour

Openmoko: Distributionen

September 24, 2011August 30, 2008 by slyon

In diesem Post möchte ich euch die von mir getesteten Openmoko-Distributionen etwas näher bringen, meiner Erfahrungen damit erläutern und die Vor- und Nachteile der jeweiligen Distribution aufzeigen.

Arch Linux 2008.06 “Overload”

January 8, 2011June 26, 2008 by slyon

Vor zweit Tagen, also am 24.06.2008, erschienen neue Images der Arch Linux Distribution. Da es sich bei Arch Linux um eine “Rolling Release“-Distribution handelt, enthalten die Images einen aktuellen Snapshot/Dump der Repositorys.

[update] ArchLinux auf Lenovo 3000

January 8, 2011June 16, 2008 by slyon

Notebook Icon Dieser Beitrag soll Erfahrungen, Tips und Tricks bzgl. der Installation und dem Betrieb von Arch Linux (Wikipedia: Arch Linux) auf einem Lenovo 3000 N200 Laptop festhalten und zu Verfügung stellen. Nach 2 Jahren Ubuntu Linux war der Umstieg ein (im Nachhinein absolut lohnenswerter) nötiger Schritt nachdem Ubuntu mit Version Gutsy hier bei gleichbleibenden Softwarepaketen erstens etwas langsamer und instabiler wurde, zweitens die Suspend- und Hibernatemodi des neu angeschafften Lenovo 3000 N200 (noch) nicht unterstützt werden. Ein Hinweis von Slyon zum richtigen Zeitpunkt reichte aus – Arch Linux ist sehr angenehm, die Installation klingt schwieriger als sie wirklich ist – und wenn der Codename mit ‘Don’t panic’ ein Zitat eines meiner Lieblingsautoren enthält muss das ja auch was werden…

(ein Artikel vom CoreBlog)

KDE4 in Ubuntu Hardy!

January 8, 2011November 7, 2007 by slyon

KDE4 Icon In letzter Zeit gab es viele Gerüchte, dass KDE4 im kommenden Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” sein wird. Doch nun ist es offiziel. KDE4 wird in Hardy sein, auch wenn ohne Long Term Support.

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Download

January 8, 2011October 18, 2007 by slyon

Ubuntu Glassy Liebe Ubuntu-Community!

Es dauert nicht mehr lange bis die neue Ubuntu version (7.10) Gutsy Gibbon im finalen Zustand am 18. Oktober zum Download bereit steht. Deshalb möchte ich hiermit einen Rundruf starten, damit zum Tag des Releases auch jeder das neue Ubuntu downloaden kann und nicht ewig warten muss, weil die Ubuntu-Server total überlastet sind (wie beim Release von 7.04).

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon vorbestellen

January 8, 2011October 9, 2007 by slyon

Ubuntu Glassy Seit gestern kann man das in wenigen Tagen erscheinende Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” per ShipIt vorbestellen. Um bei ShitIt zu bestellen benötigt man nur einen Launchpad-Account und muss seine Adresse angeben, dann bekommt man kostenlos K/Edu/Ubuntu bestellen. Allerdings dauert der kostenlose Versand einige Wochen.

Erfahrungen mit Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 5

January 8, 2011September 19, 2007 by slyon

Envy Icon Heute habe ich mein System auf Gutsy Gibbon umgestellt. Zu erst hatte ich nur einen dist-upgrade probiert, hatte jedoch danach noch Lust mein System neu aufzusetzen. Gutsy DVD eingelegt, gestartet. Es wurde die Situation ausgenutzt um mein Windoof zu “deinstallieren” (Hardkick mit Format). Mein Home Verzeichnis habe ich übernommen. OK, innerhalb 10 Minuten war das Gutsy fertig installiert. Gebootet, als erstes versucht den Nvidia Treiber mittels Envy zu installieren. Kannste vergessen, das gibbet nur für Feisty und Edgy.