Hendrik Boom wrote: > Here is the text I have included in the current draft upgrade > instructions for Devuan: > > Warning: `wicd` will no longer be available after the upgrade, so if > you use it to connect to the internet through wifi, you will be cut > off. To prevent this, you should change to a connection manager that > *will* still be available, such as `connman`. If you want a convnient > graphical interface, without which making connections can be difficult, > you should install `connman-gtk`. You should do this *before* you > start the upgrade, or you will have trouble reconnecting if things go > wrong.
Thanks for giving us something to start from! But becoming unavailable for installation doesn't necessarily imply being automatically purged on upgrade. I gather wicd-gtk had Python2 GTK dependencies; is there anything to stop users insisting on hanging on to those on Bullseye? It would certainly be wiser to switch ASAP, but I don't think we can categorically declare that "you will be cut off". Other nitpicks: * At least according to the package description I might in principle have been using wicd to manage a _wired_ connection. * And is there some particular reason for pointing in the direction of connman rather than network-manager? (Don't desktops usually provide GUIs of their own for this sort of thing?) * Meanwhile, you're assuming the context of mobile devices that need to make frequent connections to new networks. The reason I know so little about this sort of software is that "making connections can be difficult" has never been true for my PC - I just need to edit one configuration file each time I move house! A revised version, still short on releasenotes-style markup: The network connection manager `wicd` will no longer be available after the upgrade, so to avoid the danger of losing connectivity users are recommended to switch before the upgrade to an alternative such as `network-manager` or `connman`. (Plenty of room for other recommendations there if needed.) -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package