[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#717334: network-manager-applet: provide a simple network-manager-gtk package for non-GNOME GTK-based desktops

[Bob Bib]

control: tags -1 wontfix

Samuel Sanchez:
> > gnome-bluetooth, gnome-keyring, gconf...
> 
> The dependencies on gnome-keyring and gconf I can understand and I am
> fine with it. Would be just to much work and would not make sense. I
> totally agree with that.

Michael Biebl:
> Am 21.07.2013 01:03, schrieb Bob Bib:
> > Michael Biebl:
> >> What specifically do you mean by "GNOME stuff"?
> > 
> > gnome-bluetooth, gnome-keyring, gconf...
> 
> I already outlined what gnome-keyring and gnome-bluetooth are required
> for. gconf is simply needed because nm-applet uses that as configuration
> systemd. And no, I won't be re-implementing that with a homegrown config
> file solution, because that would be stupid.
> 
> So, all in all, I don't really see a point for a -gtk package, and
> indeed so far this is a clear wont-fix bug. I'm even tempted to just
> close it.

Don't take it too serious:
I hope there are some other NM developers upstream,
and we're not alone with it here in Debian :)

I'm currently hesitating whether to report a request for a "more lightweight GTK NM client" upstream...
Looks like currently it's not very bloated yet to report :)

I think that "wontfix" is already sufficient, and it's better not to close it now.
IMHO, it's good to leave this bug open to monitor
the future user satisfaction level for actual NM-Applet's "lightness".

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Best wishes, Bob