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Bug#699094: marked as done (document the need to use new widgets, eg for networking)

Your message dated Fri, 3 May 2013 16:07:18 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#699094: UPGRADE-REPORTS: Squeeze to Wheezy KDE WiFi managment
has caused the Debian Bug report #699094,
regarding document the need to use new widgets, eg for networking
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Package: upgrade-reports
Severity: normal

When upgrading from squeeze to wheezy WiFi stopped working.  
This was because the KNetworkManager has been dropped, and replaced with 
Plasma-widget-networkmanagment.  

Adding the new network managment widget into the system tray enabled wireless 
networking to finction again, however the upgrade probably should have migrated 
to the new widget automaticly

Recomendation - an advisory note be genorated for the release notes to warn 
about the possible loss of wireless networking in KDE and how to resolve the 
issue.

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On Fri, May  3, 2013 at 13:01:58 +0200, Maximiliano Curia wrote:

> It's not really expected, knetworkmanager was already somewhat deprecated back 
> in squeeze in favor of plasma-widget-networkmanager, that is kde-standard 
> recommends it, and upon upgrade, network-manager-kde installs the replacement.
> 
> I think the reason its not added is due to a session that might have the pwnm 
> disabled, so it won't be added in the panel even after removing 
> knetworkmanager. But I haven't really tested this.
> 
> So, yes, please, could you add a paragraph about it?
> 
Added the following:

diff --git a/en/issues.dbk b/en/issues.dbk
index bb177b3..f795d75 100644
--- a/en/issues.dbk
+++ b/en/issues.dbk
@@ -114,6 +114,27 @@ the current Chromium releases for stable.
 </para>
 </section>
 
+<section id="kde">
+  <title>KDE desktop changes</title>
+  <para>
+    The <systemitem role="package">knetworkmanager</systemitem> package has
+    been deprecated, and replaced by <systemitem
+      role="package">plama-widget-networkmangement</systemitem> in the new KDE
+    Plasma Workspace.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+    Should you be using the deprecated <command>knetworkmanager</command>
+    standalone application, you should be prepared to do some manual
+    configuration afterwards. On upgrade, you might need to manually add
+    plasma-widget-networkmanagement to your panel or desktop.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+    Also, if the network connection shouldn't depend on having a
+    network-manager widget running, you might want to set it as a <quote>system
+      connection</quote>
+  </para>
+</section>
+
 <section id="network-manager-conflicts">
 <title>NetworkManager</title>
 <para>

Cheers,
Julien

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