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From: Ariadne Conill <ariadne@dereferenced.org>
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Hello,

On 2020-07-28 09:36, Ariadne Conill wrote:
[...]
> * If ifupdown is dropped from BusyBox, the difference in install size
> requirement is only 8KB.

It is now up to 13KB, but you get a lot for that 20 KB.

> ## Testing
> 
> ifupdown-ng is available in edge right now, in the testing repository.  Simply
> do `apk add ifupdown-ng`.

While ifupdown-ng has transitioned to main, we have not yet flipped the 
switch.  It would be appreciated if more people test, but based on 
feedback of downstream customers, I believe we are ready to make the 
switch -- so I plan to do so this weekend.

Ariadne