Bug#270538: Debian lags comparing with other distributions
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 12:30:25PM +0200, Darius Mazeika wrote:
> This is a stigma of Debian - all major distributions are providing this
> package for a while, while Debian lags far behind. NetworkManager has
> got a lot of excited press, it's currently the best if not the key tool
> for network selection on the Linux mobile desktop. The search on
> Internet reveals that this package is much needed and sought after in
> Debian:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=networkmanager+debian
>
> No wonder if people switch to other distributions, because Debian does
> not provide the desktop experience they are expecting to get from Linux.
>
> There was ongoing work to package NetworkManager for Debian (see above).
> Does anybody know if it is still active? Is help needed maybe?
Networkmanager is being packaged as part of the pkg-utopia project[0] on
alioth. You can find it packaged in the svn repository[1].
It's currently in the NEW queue, so it'll hopefully enter unstable quite soon.
Unfortunately, it's not as integrated as could/should be. Help with that would
be greatly appreciated.
Sjoerd
0: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-utopia/
1: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-utopia/packages/unstable/networkmanager/?rev=0&sc=0
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