2008/9/28 Jeff Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 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.

...and OLPC too: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Network_manager_0.7 :-) Thanks, Jeff.


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