2011/4/4 Stanislav Maslovski <stanislav.maslov...@gmail.com>: >> I am not happy that network manager bypasses ifconfig to do this; I >> would have much preferred a daemon that could properly integrate with >> the existing infrastructure we had. > > Exactly. There is ifplugd that implements some of the functionality > that is required to support dynamically appearing and disappearing > connections. It is a simple daemon that calls ifupdown when needed, so > that the old and good way of network configuration is respected.
wicd has the same functionalities than network-manager and is compatible with ifconfig and the like. I have nothing against adding wicd or a daemon that is compatible with ifconfig and I think network-manager should be disqualified for that very reason. Romain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktikwrmerhag9xp7vu4ejoepdb0k...@mail.gmail.com
