[oe] [meta-networking][PATCH] lldpd: Add recipe

[Otavio Salvador]

Hello Joe,

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Joe MacDonald <Joe_MacDonald at mentor.com> wrote:
> [[oe] [meta-networking][PATCH] lldpd: Add recipe] On 15.09.15 (Tue 14:54) Fabio Berton wrote:
>
>> From: Fabio Berton <fabio.berton at ossystems.com.br>
>>
>> lldpd is a 802.1AB implementation, a L2 network discovery protocol.
>> It also supports CDP, EDP and various other protocols.
>
> I haven't looked at this in great detail yet, but it appears like it
> would provide the same functionality as lldpad, already in
> meta-networking:
>
> commit 6781f9b5dc60bbd39727aeaa74c13dd31eb73838
> Author: Qian Lei <qianl.fnst at cn.fujitsu.com>
> Date:   Thu Dec 11 17:36:20 2014 +0800
>
>     lldpad: Add new recipe
>
>     LLDPAD contains the Linux user space daemon and configuration tool for
>     Intel LLDP Agent with Enhanced Ethernet support for the Data Center.
>
>     Signed-off-by: Qian Lei <qianl.fnst at cn.fujitsu.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Martin Jansa <Martin.Jansa at gmail.com>
>
> I've no objection to carrying two different implementations,
> particularly if one is more complete than the other or if one is more
> actively developed, but I do have a couple of requests for you given
> that you're the second one on the scene.

It seems the lldpd is way more actively maintained. We have a customer
using this in an environment with some thousands of network devices
with great success and we wished to upstream the recipe and avoid
maintaining a closed recipe for no reason.

>    - Can we move your recipe to sit beside the other lldp daemon?  (That
>      is, in recipes-daemons)

I think it does make sense. Fabio, can you please do so?

>    - Can you update your recipe (and the other, if necessary) to provide
>      an appropriate PROVIDES / CONFLICTS variable?

I am not sure we should. Being two alternatives nothing blocks someone
to install both.

To be honest, maybe this one could replace the old one for
meta-network future users, if Qian Lei agrees.

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