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Bug 928320 - net-misc/kea-2.6.3 version bump request
Summary: net-misc/kea-2.6.3 version bump request
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: No maintainer - Look at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers if you want to take care of it
URL: https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/k...
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Keywords: PullRequest
Depends on:
Blocks: 946488 952613 CVE-2025-32801, CVE-2025-32802, CVE-2025-32803
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Reported: 2024-03-31 20:48 UTC by lupus
Modified: 2025-06-08 04:55 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

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Description lupus 2024-03-31 20:48:17 UTC
Current in portage: 2.4.1
Comment 1 Klemen Mihevc 2024-06-23 10:04:11 UTC
Well 2.5 was development branch... however last month 2.6 got released that is stable branch. So 2.6.0 update please :)...
Comment 2 CyberGuerro 2024-12-04 13:51:41 UTC
Consider contextual stabilization due dhcp package doesn't work anymore on updated systems and product is considered dismissed since december 2022
Comment 3 Edward Kigwana 2025-02-17 16:36:45 UTC
@CyberGuerro

What do you mean by
1. "Consider contextual stabilization due dhcp package doesn't work anymore on updated systems"?
2. "Product is considered dismissed since december 2022"?
Comment 4 CyberGuerro 2025-02-17 17:20:30 UTC
(In reply to Edward Kigwana from comment #3)
> @CyberGuerro
> 
> What do you mean by
> 1. "Consider contextual stabilization due dhcp package doesn't work anymore
> on updated systems"?
> 2. "Product is considered dismissed since december 2022"?

1: after update of my PRODUCTION server, dhcp daemon freezes the system and I had to restart it with recovery disk because I must remove daemon from default run-level to permit my system boot.

2: on product owner site https://www.isc.org/dhcp/, owner says "ISC has announced the end of maintenance for ISC DHCP as of the end of 2022"
Comment 5 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev 2025-05-08 15:59:32 UTC
... or 2.6.2 (with backported boost-1.87 fix, please), if 2.7.8 is just a development version:
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/kea/-/wikis/Release-Notes/release-notes-2.7.8
Comment 6 Jaco Kroon 2025-05-09 05:20:32 UTC
even minor numbers are considered stable, odd are considered development.  So 2.6.X would be stable, and 2.7.X is development.  Happy if BOTH are packaged, but if a choice is made, 2.6.X please.
Comment 7 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev 2025-05-28 18:38:03 UTC
(from gentoo-dev)
> Hello,
> 
> the net-misc/kea is up for grabs.
> 
> Best regards,
> Dennis
Comment 8 Jaco Kroon 2025-06-04 09:44:31 UTC
Ouch, takers?  I'm a bit loaded already, but since net-misc/dhcp is being replaced (upstream, or at least, that seems to be the push) with net-misc/kea I'm guessing we don't have significant choice in pushing this forward?  I note net-misc/dhcp is base-system@gentoo.org, does it make sense for base-system to also onboard kea?
Comment 9 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2025-06-04 12:51:44 UTC
Someone's expressed an interest in bug 946391 at least.
Comment 10 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev 2025-06-04 18:00:26 UTC
That's good - I was *so* close to last-riting it already.

- 2.6.3 contains the necessary boost-1.87 fix
- 2.6.2 Fedora already managed to build against py3.14, so any version bump of ours should try too
Comment 11 Jaco Kroon 2025-06-04 19:59:40 UTC
Andreas,

I get the sentiment, but when it comes to dhcpv6 dhcpd isn't a viable/workable option in most cases.  It's got all kinds of random requirements, like not being able to bind on ppp interfaces, requiring binding on *broadcast* capable interfaces (where dhcpv6 can run pure unicast, but utilizes multicast in most casese).

I'll help Peter where I can here if he steps forward, otherwise I'm going to see if I can get additional human resources made available from ULS's side for this.

Kind regards,
Jaco
Comment 12 lupus 2025-06-05 11:18:30 UTC
>That's good - I was *so* close to last-riting it already.

For what it's worth, I think that would be a big mistake to last-rite it.
A fully fledged DHCP server is important to many of us.
I'm running Gentoo on my router, which also acts as a DNS and DHCP server.
I was using net-misc/dhcp until I saw it had been sunsetted, and then i switched to net-misc/kea.
If net-misc/kea was to be removed, all we are left is net-dns/dnsmasq which has optional support for DHCP?
Comment 13 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev 2025-06-06 10:44:16 UTC
It needs a maintainer. A perpetually broken package serves no one.
Comment 14 Nicolas PARLANT 2025-06-06 10:59:17 UTC
I have an ebuild (2.6.X) that I had updated a little while ago but I abandonned the use of kea since. I can refresh it (and make a PR) quickly but I will not propose myself to maintain it.
Comment 15 Peter Leese 2025-06-06 20:27:07 UTC
(In reply to Nicolas PARLANT from comment #14)
> I have an ebuild (2.6.X) that I had updated a little while ago but I
> abandonned the use of kea since. I can refresh it (and make a PR) quickly
> but I will not propose myself to maintain it.

I'm working on a PR at the moment so any input would be useful
Comment 16 Nicolas PARLANT 2025-06-06 20:41:43 UTC
(In reply to Peter Leese from comment #15)

> I'm working on a PR at the moment so any input would be useful

Here's my work :
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/compare/master...PPN-SD:gentoo:upd-kea
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/commit/e567b55d4b9a077eb85128f6e5bf43ca769f8e7e

I just need to skip more tests I think.
Comment 17 Peter Leese 2025-06-07 07:18:31 UTC
(In reply to Andreas Sturmlechner from comment #13)
> It needs a maintainer. A perpetually broken package serves no one.

I'm happy to step forward as a proxy maintainer, but I'm still on the learning curve at the moment when it comes to ebuilds.
Comment 18 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2025-06-08 04:55:50 UTC
(In reply to Peter Leese from comment #17)
> (In reply to Andreas Sturmlechner from comment #13)
> > It needs a maintainer. A perpetually broken package serves no one.
> 
> I'm happy to step forward as a proxy maintainer, but I'm still on the
> learning curve at the moment when it comes to ebuilds.

Thanks, I'm really pleased to hear that and hope we can make that happen.