On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 20:38 -0800, Gerald B. Cox wrote: > I apologize upfront if I missed something but - I noticed since > applying the 4.2 updates from the test repository that knetworkmanager > no longer works for me to connect to wireless. Wired networks appear > to work fine. The only way I've seen to get around this is to install > NetworkManager-gnome. When this is installed knetworkmanager works > fine (but isn't really needed since NetworkManager-gnome is > installed.... duh...). > > I did some searching and found: > http://www.osnews.com/story/20758/KDE_4_2_Progress_New_NetworkManager_Plasmoid_Coming > > which looks like the old knetworkmanager is on the way out (or with > 4.2 appears already gone... ;-) ) > > The new plasmoid isn't going to be distributed until 4.3 but > apparently is available to test with now. > > What's the current direction on this? Use NetworkManager-gnome until > 4.3, make the plasmoid available to use or fix the old > knetworkmanager? This find makes me mad. Where does KDE get off breaking stuff that works ? Fedora is supposed to be production quality. KDE releases are supposed to be production quality. I think someone needs to put their foot down on some of this stuff.
