[pkg-wpa-devel] What's wrong with the new configuration scheme, IMO

[Kel Modderman]

Alexej Davidov wrote:
>>>> Dbus interface in the new wpa_supplicant coupled with a dbus aware
>>>> dhcp-client would be a nice solution too ; )
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Maybe, but why not first look what can be done with tools that
>>> already exist? 
>>>       
>> It already exists, see the changelog of the upstream development
>> (0.5) series of wpa_supplicant for more info. I am very tempted to
>> begin packaging this beast.
>>     
>
> Do we really need a dependency to dbus? There is hotplug/udev, where
> you can do all kind of fancy stuff with hardware on detection. Then
> there is ifplugd which takes care of network interfaces going down or
> up. I think this is the most flexible and powerful solution without the
> introduction of additional requirements. dbus, as I understand it, is
> mainly used by Desktops and GUI applications. I don't think it's a good
> idea for such a basic thing as networking to depend on such a
> high-level thing as dbus.
>
> Regards,
> A.
>   

Its just another option available, Of course we can all form our own 
personal opinions about what level of communication we want in our own 
systems . . .

Kel.