Jaunty Static IP address

[Derek Broughton]

Ric Moore wrote:

> On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 18:54 -0400, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>> Paul Lemmons wrote:
>> > Interesting... I thought we were supposed to moving *away* from backend
>> > file editing. I have not had to do this for a very long time.
>> 
>> Odd...  I thought that additional layers of abstraction are only
>> worthwhile when they make things simpler.  And I have /never/ found
>> NetworkManager simpler for static IPs.

NetworkManager never _supported_ static IPs.

> It's been the bane of existance for eons on the Fedora list. It's been
> sworn at for so long that I have to wonder why it keeps being
> included. :) Ric

It keeps being included because it does the job very well for the vast
majority of users.  And with Ubuntu's policy of simply excluding any
interface that was in /etc/network/interfaces from NetworkManager control,
it was pretty easy for the few who needed a static IP to have it.
-- 
derek