Bug#645656: gnome-core: please re-soften the network-manager-gnome dependency

Nate Bargmann n0nb at n0nb.us
Sat Jan 7 01:42:38 UTC 2012


Another reason that gnome-core should not have a hard dependency on
network manager is that nm is simply not ready for prime time.  My issue
with it stems from its inability to stream audio via pulse audio to
another server acting as a sink over wireless without choppiness or
coninuous network drop-outs.  My work-around consists of renaming the
S03network-manager symlinks in the /etc/rc[2-5].d directories to
K03network-manager to prevent nm from even starting.  Then I use WiCD to
manage my connections and have experienced no network drop-outs.

As I see it, a recommends of nm, wicd, or whatever to statisfy a network
dependency of gnome-core could be employed to avoid klunky work-arounds
as above or removal of the gnome-core package.

- Nate >>

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