On Mon, 2014-02-17 at 11:21 -0800, erenoglu wrote: > 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.
No, not related. You can also build any other network management frontend, but you likely need one at least, and NM is the GNOME default. Plus package dependencies can have package dependencies themselves... andre -- Andre Klapper | ak...@gmx.net http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/ _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
