On Sun, Apr 06, 2008, Robert Millan wrote: > > Any news about this one? If you want, I can send a patch for the suggested > package split + conflicts.
I think you can let NM handle e.g. your wifi and Debian scripts the other interfaces (e.g. virtual machines), so you could actually find some use to having the two; yes, it would be hairy and NM would break your network from time to time, but wifi isn't always up. For example I used to have NM configure my wired network automatically when I plugged it in (ala ifplugd) and used Debian ifup/ifdown with /etc/network/interfaces for wifi. I think a conflict is too strong, but I wouldn't mind splitting network-admin in a separate package pulled only by recommends to allow saving space on desktop installs where NM is also pulled. Yes, a patch is welcome. Thanks, -- Loïc Minier