On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
Network manager is a default install on at least Ubuntu and Fedora. It is certainly widely used. -- Jeff Bailey - http://www.raspberryginger.com/jbailey/ "Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall." - Peter Gallagher
