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

Mon Aug 22 14:32:31 CEST 2011

On 22 August 2011 11:57, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+> 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.
+
+err... drakx-net's code is heavily used by other tools such as:
+- drakx-installer
+- mgaonline
+- ...
+
+So I think we still want to keep drakx-net
+