Re: network configuration
Felix Homann wrote:
> On Friday 21 April 2006 19:18, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> It might break yours, but it was the way interface control was moving
>> before we ever _had_ wpa_supplicant, so it would have been really nice if
>> the wpa_supplicant developers had moved in step with the rest of the
>> world.
>
> As I see it, even without the new configuration options network
> configuration was done in /etc/network/interfaces, wpa_supplicant was and
> is just a means to connect to an available AP and do the encryption, key
> handling etc..
>
>> And I've been trying (and failing) to keep all my network information
>> in /etc/network/interfaces for three years.
>
> After all, I too think that it is good to have the new options, since they
> might be of use for some people. But that does not justify breaking
> working setups on upgrade.
You're right...
--
derek
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