Bug#1077980: gnome-network-displays: Set Depends: to "wpasupplicant | iwd" as using iwd as an alternative is actually possible now

[Matthias Geiger]

On Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:06:40 +0200 Mourad De Clerck 
<bugs-debian at aquazul.com> wrote:
 > Package: gnome-network-displays
 > Severity: normal
 >
 > Hi,
 >
 > As I mentioned in upstream bug #392, using iwd instead of 
wpasupplicant is
 > possible now.
 >
 > iwd implemented the necessary bits at the end of 2021, and I've verified
 > Miracast functionality is working with the current Flatpak version of 
Gnome
 > Network Displays.
 >
 > It'd be nice to be able to use the Debian version instead.
 >
 > Thank you,
 >
 > -- Mourad DC
 >
 >
 > -- System Information:
 > Debian Release: trixie/sid
 > APT prefers unstable
 > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
 > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
 > Foreign Architectures: i386, arm64
 >
 > Kernel: Linux 6.9.10-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
 > Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_WARN, 
TAINT_OOT_MODULE
 > Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
 > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
 > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
 >
 > Versions of packages gnome-network-displays depends on:
 > ii libadwaita-1-0 1.5.3-1
 > ii libavahi-common3 0.8-13+b2
 > pn libavahi-gobject0 <none>
 > ii libc6 2.39-6
 > ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.81.1-3
 > ii libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 1.24.6-1
 > ii libgstreamer1.0-0 1.24.6-1
 > ii libgstrtspserver-1.0-0 1.24.6-1
 > ii libgtk-4-1 4.14.4+ds-8
 > ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 1.8.0-2+b1
 > ii libnm0 1.48.6-1
 > ii libportal-gtk4-1 0.7.1-5+b1
 > ii libportal1 0.7.1-5+b1
 > ii libprotobuf-c1 1.4.1-1+b2
 > ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 16.1+dfsg1-5.1
 > ii libpulse0 16.1+dfsg1-5.1
 > ii libsoup-3.0-0 3.4.4-5+b1
 > ii network-manager 1.48.6-1
 > pn wpasupplicant <none>
 >
 > gnome-network-displays recommends no packages.
 >
 > gnome-network-displays suggests no packages.
 >
 >

Hi Mourad,


have you tested this ? I'm willing to go ahead enabling iwd if both 
Chromecast and miracast work.


best,


werdahias