[pkg-wicd-maint] Bug#789567: Override wicd.service file

Axel Beckert abe at debian.org
Thu Mar 2 19:24:01 UTC 2017


Hi Salvo,

Salvo Tomaselli wrote:
> I think wicd should ship a .service file.

I know you about https://bugs.debian.org/789567 :-)

> We can basically use the autogenerated one but we should override the
> timeout from 5 minutes to something like 10 seconds.

I'm fine to do that although I'm not sure if it's suitable for a
freeze exception.

> Sometimes I'm trying to shut down or reboot my machine and if wicd
> doesn't manage to release the dhcp, it remains stuck. It is quite
> annoying.

Sounds annoying indeed. I probably reboot seldom enough. :-)

> So I think 10 seconds (or even less, it's not too important to release
> dhcp) is a more reasonable value. Surely 5 minutes is way too long to
> wait to close my laptop and leave… It takes less than that from my
> place to my tram stop.

Could you post an according file to #789567?

		Regards, Axel
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