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On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> * Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@g.o> schrieb: |
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>> What you are saying makes sense for desktop users since they will |
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>> likely already have consolekit/policykit/nm-applet installed, and |
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>> hence using NetworkManager for all network management makes sense. |
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> Actually, I've got several Gentoo-based desktop systems, none of |
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> them uses any these packages. |
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>> From what I can see, we have three options: |
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>> (a) Make our existing openrc network code + openrc configuration files |
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>> work with systemd, and move to systemd by default |
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>> (b) Make systemd work with openrc+NM configuration files[1], make NM |
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>> work w/o PK/CK[2], add command line tools to NM, and move to systemd |
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>> by default. |
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>> (c) Support systemd as an alternative init system for use by desktop users. |
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> (d) Fix systemd to get rid of dependencies to dbus, etc. |
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(e) Get our network scripts compatible with netcf [1], which is the |
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way of the future for letting applications modify the network |
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configuration of the system. |
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[1] https://fedorahosted.org/netcf/ |
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Doug Goldstein |