On 23/10/2007, Bruno Wolff III <bruno(a)wolff.to> wrote:
NetworkManager doesn't seem to be evolving toward providing full
use of
the network tools (e.g. multiple networks on an interface, bridging, routing,
QoS). It seems to be very oriented toward convenient use in simple cases.
If it is not going to ever give access to the more advanced networking
features, I think there is a reason to replace the current network
configuration scripts with something like etcnet.
Sure you can add commands in rc.local to set up the network properly, but
then ifup and ifdown don't work correctly (in the general case) and neither
does changing between run levels where the network gets turned off or on.
etcnet does seem to be continuing to be developed, but it looks like they
aren't continuing to provide Fedora specific installations.
As mentioned in the thread back in 2005, the first step would be
submitting etcnet to for inclusion as a Fedora package. That can
happen independently of whether or not discussions of replacing
network-scripts happens, and what the outcome of them are.
FWIW, I'd quite like to see etcnet in the repo as an alternative, so
if you want some help packaging it, drop me a line. That said, the
thing that is very unappealing to me about its design is the multitude
of configuration files distributed over several subdirectories. That's
subjective though.
Jonathan.