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

Tue Nov 22 11:34:09 CET 2011

Thierry Vignaud skrev 22.11.2011 12:11:
+> 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.
+>
+
+One thing drakx-net is missing IIRC is IPv6 support,
+and that would be good to have for Mageia 2 too...
+
+> 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?
+
+
+--
+Thomas
+