Re: Interface description support

[Jan Danielsson <jan.m.danielsson%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 2019-06-24 16:26, Edgar Fuß wrote:
> EF> Couldn't you just enforce the description to not match /[a-z]+[0-9]+/?
> JT> That breaks down if you want the descriptions to be "wan0", "lan0", "lan1", etc.
> But you could use "wan-0", "wan_0" or "WAN 0" or whatever.
> Or is there an argument that descriptions ought to be able to look like names?

   Weird constraint, imho.  Breaks POLS.

   "wan0", "lan0", "lan1" are character by character the descriptions I
envisioned using here when I first read the OP's mail.

   That said, I would not set fire to anything in protest if those
descriptions aren't allowed.

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Kind Regards,
Jan