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

Thu Sep 1 23:40:33 CEST 2011

Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> writes:
+
+> Perhaps, but then a more interesting question is "what bits of drakx-net
+> are used in mgaonline and drax-installer?" Just stating that they are
+> used there as a reason to keep it isn't really a good argument IMO.
+
+About mgaonline, it would probably be possible to use NM to poke for
+network status.
+
+About the drakx-installer, drakx-net code is used to get network status
+but also configure the connections (ethernet, wireless, xdsl, ...).
+
+I don't think the DrakX installer is quite ready yet to have dbus + NM
+running, just to get the network status.
+Also, it would probably be quite hard to integrate NM configuration
+tools into the DrakX installer.
+
+Other things I think are still unique in drakx-net:
+- xDSL network configuration: we put a lot of work into this at
+Mandriva, it is still working pretty well, and some users still need it
+(just look at the comments of disappointed users of Mandriva 2011 on the
+official blog or forums)
+- automatic package installation: network tools, manufacturer tools,
+drivers and firmwares are automatically pulled by the tools when
+configuring an interface (the list of packages mentionned in drakx-net
+is also used to automatically include "hardware support" packages when
+building a live image)
+
+Drawbacks of NM that come to my mind:
+- hard to configure in command line (troubleshooting without X, or
+server configuration)
+- network config is by default user-dependant, and not available in
+display manager
+
+-- 
+Olivier Blin - blino
+