Re: VPN plugin dependencies

[Derek Atkins <warlord MIT EDU>]

The various VPN plugins have GUI components themselves.

-derek

Jakob Petsovits <jpetso gmx at> writes:

> Hi list,
>
> how difficult would it be to remove the dependencies on libgnomeui, bonobo and 
> maybe gconf in the vpnc, openvpn and pptp plugins? The reason I'm asking is 
> that I'm using Kubuntu with KNetworkManager, and although the NetworkManager 
> core is desktop independent, the plugins (which are required also for 
> KNetworkManager's VPN support) pull in a big load of GNOME libraries which 
> I'd prefer not to install if they are not really necessary.
>
> Are the desktop dependencies mandated by NetworkManager's design, or just a 
> result of not investing much effort into that topic? (From what I read on the 
> NetworkManager website, it's at least supposed to be desktop independent, if 
> I get it right.) Would it be possible to factor out the GNOME dependencies 
> into nm-applet or is that less feasible?
>
> Sorry for just asking from a user point of view, I am not familiar with 
> NetworkManager's code at the moment.
>
> Thanks for taking your time to answer,
>   Jakob
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