On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:24 AM, Tom Horsley <tom.horsley@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:11:57 -0500 > "Arthur Pemberton" <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Here, I think a compromise is necessary. If you're running a server, I >> think you're competent enough to turn of NetworkManager (it was really >> crappy a few versions ago). While I think there needs to be away to >> have a network connection on boot, that seems, even to me, to be low >> priority. > > But why am I being called on to be the one who needs additional > competence? Why can't NetworkManager just say, "Oh look, this machine > has a static IP, let's just start networking exactly the same way > it always started". As long as people have to intervene to fix things > after an improvement, I don't consider it an improvement. Good idea, I hadn't thought of that (I didn't directly associate server with static IP since it's isn't an explicit requirement) Have you RFEed that? If not, I will. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
