[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#549420: network-manager-gnome: During installation: ask which users to add to netdev group

[Tim Boneko]

Package: network-manager-gnome
Version: 0.7.1-1
Severity: wishlist

Any system user who wants to manage network connections with this smart software must be member of the netdev group, right?

Then why isn't root asked during installation which users should be added to the netdev group? The alternative seems to be a 
"fail --> search the web --> fix as root --> try again" loop which could be avoided by a simple dialog which triggers an adduser script.

This is one of the packages which really improves end-user experience, i think it should work without "error" searching.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.9-25     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.16-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2              0.82-1     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.26.2-3   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                   1:2.6.4-1  library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.22.0-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0             2.26.1-1   GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.16.6-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnm-glib-vpn0               0.7.1-2    network management framework (GLib
ii  libnm-glib0                   0.7.1-2    network management framework (GLib
ii  libnm-util1                   0.7.1-2    network management framework (shar
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.4.5-1    sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpango1.0-0                 1.24.5-1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpolkit-gnome0              0.9.2-2    PolicyKit-gnome library
ii  libpolkit2                    0.9-4      library for accessing PolicyKit
ii  network-manager               0.7.1-2    network management framework daemo
ii  policykit-gnome               0.9.2-2    GNOME dialogs for PolicyKit

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome recommends:
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring [libpam- 2.26.1-1   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  notification-daemon           0.4.0-1    a daemon that displays passive pop

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome suggests:
pn  network-manager-openvpn-gnome <none>     (no description available)
pn  network-manager-pptp-gnome    <none>     (no description available)
pn  network-manager-vpnc-gnome    <none>     (no description available)

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