On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Matthew Barnes [via Gnome Evolution -
General] <ml-node+s1774414n4658633...@n4.nabble.com> wrote:
> Clarification about NetworkManager:
>
> Evolution used to depend on NetworkManager for network status. It
> doesn't anymore. Network monitoring is now built directly into GLib,
> and that's what Evolution/EDS has been using since (I think) 3.6.
>
> I'm not exactly sure how GLib's network monitoring works. The docs only
> state it's based on the kernel's netlink interface, but I think it works
> with or without NetworkManager installed.
>
> GLib also lets us test reachability of specific host names, so we can
> more gracefully handle scenarios like a disconnected VPN or switching
> WiFi networks. Evolution 3.12 will take full advantage of this.
>
Matthew, it may not be related, but when I was compiling the master with
jhbuild on Ubuntu 13.10, it pulled & compiled NetworkManager as well.
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Emre
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