[arch-projects] [netctl] News draft

[Jouke Witteveen]

On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Florian Pritz <bluewind at xinu.at> wrote:
> On 27.03.2013 10:44, Jouke Witteveen wrote:
>> I have tagged version 0.8 of netctl and based on Florians usual
>> response times, it will hit [testing] soon.
>>
>> If no major bugs pop up in the coming week (or two), I would like this
>> to be the first version to make it to [core].
>
> I don't see any bugs on the tracker. Good to move?

I am very happy with this one. Lets move! Don't forget that openresolv
needs to move as well if we aim for [core] (which I think we do). When
will we drop netfg? No one has expressed any interest in maintaining
it.

>
> CC'ed arch-dev-public for comments on the news draft below:

I've got a small thing to add, as people tend to overlook wifi-menu.
The updated version (one added sentence) is below.

Thanks all,
- Jouke

>
>> ---netctl is now in [core]---
>> Meet netctl: a profile based networking CLI using systemd.
>> In the near future, the old netcfg will be removed from [core]. Anyone
>> using it is urged to move to netctl. Migration is a manual process
>> during which you might not have access to the Internet, so take care
>> and read the man pages (netctl(1), netctl.profile(5) and
>> netctl.special(7)).
>>
>> The design of netctl is so that systemd enthusiasts will appreciate
>> its usage and netcfg users will be familiar with its profile files.
>>
>> As you install netctl, netcfg will be removed, but the enabled systemd
>> services will remain until manually disabled. The [wiki:netctl wiki]
>> holds some additional information on migrating from netcfg.
>> ------
>

---netctl is now in [core]---
Meet netctl: a profile based networking CLI using systemd.
In the near future, the old netcfg will be removed from [core]. Anyone
using it is urged to move to netctl. Migration is a manual process
during which you might not have access to the Internet, so take care
and read the man pages (netctl(1), netctl.profile(5) and
netctl.special(7)).

The design of netctl is so that systemd enthusiasts will appreciate
its usage and netcfg users will be familiar with its profile files.
Shipped with netctl comes a ncurses-based wifi connection assistant
called wifi-menu.

As you install netctl, netcfg will be removed, but the enabled systemd
services will remain until manually disabled. The [wiki:netctl wiki]
holds some additional information on migrating from netcfg.
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