[arch-dev-public] iproute2 to base

Stéphane Gaudreault stephane at archlinux.org
Tue Oct 16 09:30:08 EDT 2012


Le 2012-10-16 09:23, Gaetan Bisson a écrit :
> [2012-10-16 10:51:34 +0200] Thomas Bächler:
>> There should be some basic network configuration facility installed by
>> default. I feel that adding both netcfg and iproute to base is the right
>> thing to do, but wireless should be optional.
>>
>> I removed wpa_supplicant because it was incredibly inconsistent to have
>> it, but not netcfg. Now they switched roles.
>>
>> I am fine with add wpa_supplicant, iw and crda to base if we really want
>> wireless support installed by default.
> Wireless has become widespread to the point that it's all you have in
> certain places such as airport or hotels. So, yes, in my opinion
> wireless connectivity tools really do belong in base.
>

I have no objection to add netcfg, but please keep wpa_supplicant in base.

Stéphane


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