[Netconf-devel] Info forwarded from the networkmanager mailing list

[Thomas Hood]

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From: j@bootlab.org
To: Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Even more fashionably late to the party
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:59:42 +0200

i have debian packages of NetworkManager compiled for ubuntu/hoary
http://bootlab.org/~j/NetworkManager

and Thom May <thom@canonical.com> is also interested in getting
NetworkManager integrated in the next release of ubuntu.

current version of dbus in debian does not work with NetworkManger
(https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8395)

let me know what your plans are, 
j


On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 09:48 +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
> Hi folks.  I am writing to see whether I can help with NetworkManager.  
> 
> My main interest would be in integrating it into Debian.  I have been
> involved for a few years in trying to improve various aspects of
> Debian's network configuration tools.  E.g., I have worked on Debian's
> ifupdown program, resolvconf, guessnet and on the packaging of these and
> other related programs.
> 
> NM is obviously a significant achievement.  I don't know it very well,
> but the overall design looks good.
> 
> It looks to me as if it will require significant work to integrate it
> fully into the Debian framework which is currently centred on the
> ifupdown program.  I am willing to do some of this work.  I would like
> to see a cross-distribution network configuration system emerge from
> this.
> 
> One reason I haven't involved myself before is that I took seriously the
> statements that NM is intended only for single-user systems.  If NM is
> to be limited in that way then I am much less interested in working on
> it.  I would rather work on a general purpose program that could be
> included in the base system.  I don't yet see why it has to be limited
> in that way, though.

-- 
Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>