[Mageia-dev] Proposal: Deprecate draknetcenter+network init scripts after systemd becomes default.

Mon Aug 22 11:57:02 CEST 2011

Hello,
+
+This is just a heads up to suggest that we officially adopt a policy of
+moving to NetworkManager after systemd becomes our default (and likely
+only) init system - i.e. likely for mga3.
+
+As you may know, GNOME is moving towards a systemd user session and
+systemd itself is very much aligning itself to be the one true init
+system on linux.
+
+I also have it on good authority that many of the features lacking in
+NetworkManager (such as bridging configuration) will be available in the
+not too distant future and many other more advanced networking features
+such as fast-start DHCP, per-interface DNS, 4-8's DNS fallback and
+several other nice features will ultimately be possible too.
+
+So with all this in mind, I think the writing is very much on the wall
+with regards to the future integration of NetworkManager into the
+desktop. I believe we will be able to concentrate our resources better
+by going along with the rest of the world in this regard. I have
+personally switched to it now (as I do not need advanced features of
+draknetcenter et al) as a step towards this.
+
+It would be nice if other users did this to ensure that integration is
+suitably up to par.
+
+Col
+
+-- 
+
+Colin Guthrie
+mageia(at)colin.guthr.ie
+http://colin.guthr.ie/
+
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+