Re: "/etc/init.d/NetworkManager quit" ?

[Dominik George <nik naturalnet de>]

> I am afraid that this new "half stop" is going to confuse people.  In
> most systems "/etc/init.d/NetworkManager" is replacing
> "/etc/init.d/network[ing]". The latter, older one used to connect the
> system on "start" and disconnect it on "stop". Simple. Now the new one
> will disconnect the system... sometimes. Sometimes not. And it might
> even leave a running process behind. This will surprise people.
>    

If NM replaces traditional networking in RC, then what I would expect 
that it will get networking up on start and down on stop. That's exactly 
what you describe NM to be doing ;).

Or am I misunderstanding something?

-nik