Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 12/31/2021 4:12 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> The network-manager package should be installed by default to ANY
> installation of Debian perhaps even along with the basic system prior to
> software selection - so that using the undocumented "!" software selection
> (it should be documented right in the installer itself to produce a working
> command line networking system!

In headless, there is no need to use nmcli to configure the network,
'systemd-network' '/etc/network/interfaces' are some possibilities.

The utility is generaly pulled as an dependency.

> But your saying that even with network-manager package installed, it has to
> be configured to run! Not very accessible. Installation should install the
> package and at least ask the user if he wants it started, or better yet,
> start it and have it ready for use with the commands given to disable or
> stop it.

This is already the case, nmcli is an dependency of Gnnome/ for example.
For Mate, it makes less sense as you have other means to configure it.

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John Doe