Self-Introduction: Denis Ovsienko and /etc/net project

[Rahul Sundaram]

Denis Ovsienko wrote:

>>Generally... network-scripts will eventually go away - things will 
>>be moved to a framework involving NetworkManager. Hence, I don't
>>believe pulling in an entirely different framework in the interim
>>is really worth it.
>>    
>>
>It is worth. The problem is that other distributions borrow(ed) from FC(RH) and
>most often borrowed thing is initscripts. Sometimes it's the only thing
>they do to allow configure networking. If there is no straight way to switch
>from net-scripts, people will continue to use it.
>I want modern Linux systems to make use of modern network features independently
>of distribution they were installed from.
>
>  
>
Sure. NetworkManager is not specific to Fedora. It is already being used 
by several distributions. So instead of switching to net-scripts they 
can switch over to NeworkManager when it becomes capable of replacing 
everything else.

regards
Rahul