Accepted pppoeconf 1.8ubuntu1 (source)

[Adam Conrad]

Trent Lloyd wrote:
> Why don't we want the .desktop file

We remove .desktop files from all sorts of things we don't want showing
up in the menus by default.

> Additionally, I noticed in breezy that it wont bring up the interface if
> needed (e.g. ifconfig eth<n> up) but did in hoary which will break
> setups in many cases -- any idea on that? i'll file a bug later.

This is precisely the bug that merging in 1.8 was meant to fix.  Are you
saying it broke JUST NOW with the upgrade, or that it was broken already?

... Adam