[Mageia-dev] Drakx-net or NetworkManager for Mageia 2

Tue Nov 22 11:30:28 CET 2011

Le 22/11/2011 11:11, Thierry Vignaud a écrit :
+> On 21 November 2011 20:14, Marianne Lombard <marianne at tuxette.fr> wrote:
+>> I was reading cooker ML a few days ago (yes I know, it's a strange idea)
+>> when I've read that Mandriva has stopped using (and thereof developing it).
+>> They have switched to NetworkManager (you all know this tool).
+>>
+>> What will Mageia team do ? Continue to maintain and enhance drakx-net or
+>> follow all others distributions with NetworkManager ?
+>>
+>> Just a precision, I use Networkmanager with mageia1 on my laptop (due to the
+>> VPN we use at work)
+> 
+> drakx-net code is used everywhere (installer, mga_applet, ...)
+> so we still have to maintain it in order to set up network
+> while installing.
+> 
+> so we would have to transform drakx-net basecode into
+> something that relay back data from NM.
+> 
+> Dunno what does anaconda (RH installer), does it set up
+> network on his own or does it uses NM?
+
+Hard and long work indeed to have something reliable. As stated by
+dmorgan, this is just not manageable for Mageia 2. There were discussion
+about specs some weeks ago, it should have been asked there. Still todo
+list until Mageia 2 stable is huge. Let focus on it :)
+
+
+-- 
+Anne
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