[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#500119: Bug#500119: Better way to avoid both knetworkmanager and nm-applet are started in parallel

[Adeodato Simó]

* Andrew Lee [Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:11:18 +0800]:

> Cc'ed this to debian-boot and debian-release.

> Dear RMs,

> This is only one line change in nm-applet.desktop which benefit other
> Window Managers and Desktops user. Please accept this change into Lenny.

Has somebody verified that the change ensures it doesn't get started in
KDE, just as with OnlyShownIn=GNOME? Or do you have first-hand knowledge
of that? In any of those case, I'm ok with that one change.

Cheers,

> Michael Biebl wrote:
> > So the only change would be in nm-applet.desktop to NotShowIn=KDE.
> > I guess this change would be fine, although it's unlikely that this fix
> > will make it into lenny unfortunately (unless you help me to persuade
> > the RMs that this change is important enough for granting a freeze
> > exception)

> We are discussing to have xfce/lxde cd image with lenny RC2 release on
> debian-book and debian-cd. And I mentioned that XFCE and LXDE also need
> wifi GUI tool such as network-manager. It's good that only a change in
> nm-applet.desktop file would make network-manager works automaticlly in
> a various Window Managers, XFCE and LXDE for our users.

> > Andrew, do you also need/want the change to the nm-editor.desktop file?

> No, as you well explaned. :)

> Cheers,

> -Andrew



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