[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#565878: Bug#565878: network-manager: depends on dhcp3-*: bloat when static IPs

[Michael Biebl]

tags 565878 wontfix
thanks

ael wrote:
> Package: network-manager
> Version: 0.7.2-2
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> network-manager pulls in dhcp3-client & dhcp3-common which are 
> unneccessary when static IPs are used.
> 
> So it becomes impossible to have a "slim" efficient installation
> on light weight machines. Perhaps a meta-"full" package might be needed for the
> newbie who might not know whether dhcp is needed, depending on a 
> network-manager-lite without dhcp for those who know what they are doing.

I don't see a benefit which would justify this additional work and overhead, so
wontfix.
If you have a completely static setup, you might be better served with plain
ifupdown anyway.

Michael
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