dbus/network manager integration is not new in Hardy - it has been present for several Ubuntu releases with the NIS side of the code unchanged. Many of the problems experienced in this area have stemmed from Network Manager providing inaccurate information about the state of the interface (these have now mostly been resolved, as far as I can tell).
System wide there are (as you say) still big problems with the lack of integration of this bit of the stack into upstart or some other dependency based startup mechanism. -- nis daemon fails to attach to domain the first time it is run in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152794 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs