On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 08:49:57PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 31.03.2014 20:40, schrieb Josh Triplett: > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 04:36:47PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > >> Am 30.03.2014 23:00, schrieb Josh Triplett: > >>> NetworkManager 0.9.10 upstream will add support for a .d configuration > >>> directory, and syntax to incrementally enable plugins > >>> (plugins+=pluginname). This would allow a package like ifupdown to ship > >>> a configuration file enabling and configuring the ifupdown plugin, which > >>> could then otherwise remain disabled. > >> > >> This is certainly an interesting idea, but there a few issues: > >> a/ the ifupdown plugin not only parses /etc/network/interface but e.g. > >> also provides the hostname information stored in /etc/hostname, which we > >> want even if ifupdown is not installed. > > > > That shouldn't be in the ifupdown plugin; NetworkManager should ideally > > be unconditionally getting it from /etc/hostname or from hostnamed. > > Getting it unconditionally is a bit problematic, since on most > distributions /etc/hostname didn't exist. Now that systemd chose to use > /etc/hostname, the situation is a bit different. > > Care to forward that to upstream?
Done: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727407 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
