WPA support in NetworkManager

[Alejandro Bonilla]

On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 17:01 -0800, Scott Robinson wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 07:35:25PM -0600, Alejandro Bonilla wrote:
> > I am being constructive. Do you think that it is smart to release
> > something for a date? or because it is ready? If it's not ready then
> > there is nothing to release. Is really simple. Do not base your
> > standards on a date but on excellence of quality which is really what
> > Dapper has, still it could include the FEW things that people are asking
> > for. NM with WPA support.
> > 
> > You might not need it or care, but the people that do want it is
> > fighting to have it in. Would you not do the same if you were in my
> > position? Maybe not cause you are careless it seams.
> > 
> > I add myself to the list of people that want the feature in.
> > 
> [...]
> 
> Another constructive idea would be to maintain your own package and
> advertise it on the Ubuntu Forums and other places. (the Guide, for
> example)
> 
> Both Hoary and Breezy had large supported software communities for
> packages that weren't or couldn't be shipped with the distro. The same
> can happen for NM.

Thanks for the approach. You are right and I could do this.

I think I might go for that instead of barking to nothing.

.Alejandro

> 
> For my part, I am pretty much done with a python backend to NM. I
> dislike that the upstream backend doesn't integrate more cleanly with
> the distro. Instead of suggesting improvements and bug reporting (which
> I've found doesn't work with a lot of the new "desktop" projects - they
> have a way and by God they'll stick to it - see GPM) I'll just do it my
> own direction.
> 
> Scott.
>