------- For Inception Review -------- seb-0 Assuming that the future of network configuration is NWAM-only, and that the existing mess that comprises network/physical:default will eventually go away, are there design, architectural, or even scoping constraints that this project imposes on other current and future project? For example, I know of a current larval project planning on replacing ifconfig and /etc/hostname* files as an IP interface configuration tool. If nwamcfg and its GUI are the future, should that project stop what it's doing? seb-1 How does the system behave when configuration that is managed by NWAM changes while NWAM has a given profile activated? Does those changes in configuration get silently blown away when NWAM activates a different profile, or does that configuration become part of the currently activated profile? ------- Post Inception Review ------- jmp0: I have an uncomfortable lingering impression that NWAM equates to a completely disruptive change in how networking configuration is performed (was /etc/files, SMF services and related admin commands, now is NNWAM cli/gui and NWAM-library-aware commands only). This is problematic for two reasons: It invalidates a lot of existing sysadmin knowledge, scripts and tools, and it means that the networking system can't be extended without first extending NWAM (i.e., we can't use vlans now because NWAM doesn't support vlans yet, extrapolate for honeycomb and other new technologies...) ------ Commitment Review ------ gww-99 Nit, just a reminder that it seem auditing will be needed in netcfgd and likely changes to nwamd. Please coordinate with the Audit project team. Some of the requirements are in the process of changing. djr-1 I concur with jmp0 and I'm afraid that NWAM is going to create a network administration that makes life easier for those that point and click with their mouse and are happy but will cause much consternation if it defaults to on for server installations. Feedback from professional systems administrators has indicated that they dislike for the "lets bury network interface admin in a directory tree under /etc, somewhere" - as Linux does. djr-2 If I'm doing a jumpstart install today, I can use /etc/hostname.* and friends to deliver files as part of the installation that completely configure my host for the network. If the new default install is with NWAM active and these legacy files are no longer used, how is this not a regression for me? Where will I find documentation on all of this? (Nothing in the materials seems to tell me how to do this?) djr-3 Why is only /etc/hosts managed by NWAM? Why have the others (services, networks, netmasks, inetd.conf, ntp.conf) been forgotten? Is this proposal complete if it is only managing a few of these files and not all? seb-2 One current architectural issue with NWAM Phase < 1 is the fact that links that NWAM doesn't support aren't configured at boot time even when the user doesn't want NWAM to touch them. How does Phase 1 handle that?