Comment 20 for bug 1109283

I wanted to avoid involvement with this SRU as I am risk of being to close to this issue to safely unbiased. However, I feel i can add some value. Therefore, please consider this to a be complementing comment - rather than pushing in either direction.

My understanding is that if users used the "maas-dhcp" to allow MAAS to drive their dhcp (using embedded cobbler) then this SRU almost certainly requires manual intervention to insure uninterrupted operation.

"maas-dhcp" is a universe package, that was never designed to be a core part of MAAS. It was provided as developers were making use of it, and it seemed useful to provide for this purpose. However it was intentionally left in universe.

If the documented use of MAAS is followed, then it should be a well tested seamless upgrade.

Whilst i'd normally entirely agree that this update poses scope for concern, the positives outweigh these concerns. I understood that this was the primary reason this issue was progressed to the TB for discussion.