> Apart from NetworkManager, here is another user of libnl: > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/iw > > I have never heard of that program, nor is it installed on any of the > machines I use.
"I have not heard of X" is not a mark of a sound technical reason. When it comes to "is FOO widely used", then yes, that is a technical reasoning. We will not depend on some non-standard library for core functionality that is not included atleast by default on most GNU/Linux systems.
