Jeremy Bicha <jbi...@ubuntu.com> writes: > I don't claim to be a networking expert, but I believe half the > conversation here is based on wrong or outdated information.
My (personal) complaint about NM is that it doesn't correct correctly work with NFS mounts, I believe because it doesn't run at the right time during bootup. That's perhaps illustrative of more general practical and conceptual issues with NM: it doesn't seem to be tested with much in the way of non-standard setups, and in general seems to assume too many low-level and central system tasks that arguably aren't appropriate for software associated with a specific desktop (even if Gnome is installed on a system to make some users happy, other users of the same system may use some other desktop). > GNOME considers NM to be part of GNOME Core, therefore gnome-core > depends on it. Debian need not slavishly follow how upstream thinks about things. Plenty of upstreams have downright bizarre opinions about various issues (often related to the not playing nice with others), but nevertheless still make useful software. In such cases I think one of the proper tasks of a distribution is to act as a buffer between upstream and the users, installing the software in a way that works well in the actual distribution, for actual users (as opposed to the imaginary distribution and users upstream may be targeting). Obviously this can be a lot of work, which is why it's generally a good idea to defer to upstream's views when they are sane -- but that isn't always the case... -miles -- Friendship, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87txxcp15z....@catnip.gol.com
