[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] iproute2 to base

[Leonid Isaev]

On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:22:05 +0200
Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:

> Am 16.10.2012 14:05, schrieb Joakim Hernberg:
> > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:51:34 +0200
> > Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> I am fine with add wpa_supplicant, iw and crda to base if we really
> >> want wireless support installed by default.
> > 
> > Not that I install many systems, once installed...  But I for one would
> > appreciate having wireless support on the install media.
> 
> The install media already have wireless support. The 'base' group is
> about the default set of packages that are installed when running
>  # pacstrap /mnt base
> Right now, this pull in these packages:
>  https://www.archlinux.org/groups/x86_64/base/
> (only the one marked "Core").
> 
> I am really interested in opinions as to what we should provide here. I
> think that a user without wired access could write
>  # pacstrap /mnt base wpa_supplicant wpa_actiond iw crda
> and get full automatic wireless support on the installed system via netcfg.
> 
> 

I fully support having netcfg in base (and as a default network backend in
arch) because it is far better than the alternatives :) I don't think that
wpa_supplicant/crda belongs in base (for instance routers don't need
wpa_supplicant but may require hostapd), but iw (and iproute2) definitely has
to go there as it provides some hardware management capabilities.

Just an opinion...

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