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Matt Turner posted on Sat, 21 Jul 2012 08:42:47 -0700 as excerpted: |
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> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Several packages are using it with the same sense (support connman), |
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>> maybe we should move it from local to global USEs, what do you think? |
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> Off-topic question, but how is connman related to NetworkManager? Is it |
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> an alternative, or is it useful in the presence of NetworkManager? |
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Based on FLOSS community news I read about it at the time... |
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Connman was designed by Intel, et al, for meego, etc (tho I think it was |
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originally started with the predecessor, merlin or whatever it was |
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called). IOW, it was originally designed/intended for semi-embedded |
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applications (phones, etc) where networkmanager has too many dependencies |
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and is more complex than was desired, but a GUI network-management |
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application was still desired. |
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Of course there was some talk of all that being simply NIH (not invented |
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here) syndrome, but of course FLOSS is full of such alternative choices, |
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so regardless of the reason, no big deal. |
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So connman's an alternative to networkmanager, in theory less complex and |
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with less dependencies, tho I'm not sure how well it actually kept to |
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that. I'd guess by now it'd be a reasonably mature solution, tho I've |
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not used either one, personally. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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