From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tuna.sandelman.ca (unknown [IPv6:2607:f0b0:f:3:216:3eff:fe7c:d1f3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 143F821F1EB for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 19:49:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from sandelman.ca (desk.marajade.sandelman.ca [209.87.252.247]) by tuna.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD15A20037 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 00:05:19 -0500 (EST) Received: by sandelman.ca (Postfix, from userid 179) id 9F70B64647; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 22:49:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from sandelman.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D0EA63B88 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 22:49:42 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Richardson To: cerowrt-devel In-Reply-To: <20140113031425.GA18029@thunk.org> References: <3BF82F93-07EC-44F8-AF98-2FD156A9A43F@gmail.com> <9EA0DCA1-79CF-48EF-9864-A51807F331B5@gmx.de> <20140113031425.GA18029@thunk.org> X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3-dev; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 X-Face: $\n1pF)h^`}$H>Hk{L"x@)JS7<%Az}5RyS@k9X%29-lHB$Ti.V>2bi.~ehC0; <'$9xN5Ub# z!G,p`nR&p7Fz@^UXIn156S8.~^@MJ*mMsD7=QFeq%AL4m Sender: mcr@sandelman.ca Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Perfection vs. Good Enough X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 03:49:51 -0000 Theodore Ts'o wrote: > I take a backup snapshot of my config files, I will be able to roll > back to the last stable release, or a previous testing release, and > basic stuff such as firewall rules and DHCP MAC address to IP address > static assignments will be preserved. I was thinking as I read this, that perhaps I need to write a patch to include dynamic DHCP assignments in the config backup as well. I don't think they survived. I like to upgrade by swapping hardware, but I noticed some systems got a different address afterwards... it's okay, all non-techies use names... -- ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh networks [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | network architect [ ] mcr@sandelman.ca http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on rails [