@tgl said in suppress message -> ISC DHCP has reached end-of-life:
why pfSense is labeling ISC as "deprecated"
Because it is ;)
https://www.isc.org/blogs/isc-dhcp-eol/
If they didn't - then for sure people would be complaining why didn't they let anyone know. Here is the thing, if you feel uncomfortable with running a deprecated isc, and kea is not to your level of need as of yet.. Run dhcp on something else on your network. But they have let you know..
The one take away you should take from the above link is this..
"However, it is time to start thinking about a migration plan to a more modern system that is actively maintained."
This is what they did with the warning.. Could it have been worded a bit differently? Yeah ok sure maybe, but one thing this has proven yet again is users don't read anything unless its shoved into their face. There was a whole netgate blog entry entry about how kea is "preview" and and all kinds of warnings in the release notes about features that are missing, etc..
The warning that pops into your face for sure will accomplish the above statement from the isc link ;) You can wait for kea integration into pfsense to be to the level you want.. Or you can run something else, or you can just continue to use isc. But at least you should be aware now.. Maybe it was painful - because again without reading the documentation that was made available, you come to find oh this doesn't work now, or the logging is not to your liking, etc. But it does get you thinking about dhcpd maybe ;)
But to be honest, for many users - kea is viable.. All they want is an IP to be handed out to their clients. It does that.. So such a warning and in your face sort of thing is one way to get them to move over from the currently EOL isc dhcpd. Because otherwise they wouldn't have a clue and would never switch.. How many users are still running some old version of pfsense? Because for whatever reason it didn't pop up into their face there was a new version.. See it all the time - oh my pfsense said it was the latest version.. I didn't know there was a new version, etc.. Really its been 3 years, and you didn't think there was an update? ;)
This sort of thing drives me nuts. You chose to run pfsense on your network, because you were not happy with your isp or soho routers feature set, or you thought it was cool, or whatever.. But then you don't pay attention to if there is an update out, or read any of the release notes when new versions come out? I personally don't get it..
Not saying it couldn't of been done a bit different, or slightly different wording in the warning.. But then again - as the admin of your install, it is your responsibility to keep yourself informed. The information was provided - if you failed to read it.. Who's fault is that?