On Sat, 2006-07-08 at 18:22 +0200, Nicolas "Ikke" Trangez wrote: > On Sat, 2006-07-08 at 14:21 +1200, Gustav van der Merwe wrote: > > NM seems like a really cool tool, but I can't find instructions anywhere > > on getting it up and working for gentoo. > > A bit of googling around shows that there was interest at one point > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2005-August/msg00132.html and that it actually kind of worked. > > I can't find anything recent showing that there has been work towards > > supporting gentoo, or getting a gentoo ebuild out there and this is a > > shame. > > I would like it if gentoo had the same kind of powerful network tools as > > other distributions. > Just get the gentopia overlay. I'm working on the NM backend as part of > my SoC assignment atm too, but didnt commit the code yet. > > > > Is there any reason that gentoo does not have NM in portage? > Because its not regarded as "stable" yet. It is in the gentopia overlay, > as mentioned before, just get that one. > > Ikke > > So the idea is that NM will make it into portage _someday_? If so, just to be vexatious, any idea on a timeframe for NM making it to mainline gentoo? -- Gustav van der Merwe <gvdm paradise net nz>
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