On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:22:05 +0200 Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 16.10.2012 14:05, schrieb Joakim Hernberg: > > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:51:34 +0200 > > Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> I am fine with add wpa_supplicant, iw and crda to base if we really > >> want wireless support installed by default. > > > > Not that I install many systems, once installed... But I for one would > > appreciate having wireless support on the install media. > > The install media already have wireless support. The 'base' group is > about the default set of packages that are installed when running > # pacstrap /mnt base > Right now, this pull in these packages: > https://www.archlinux.org/groups/x86_64/base/ > (only the one marked "Core"). > > I am really interested in opinions as to what we should provide here. I > think that a user without wired access could write > # pacstrap /mnt base wpa_supplicant wpa_actiond iw crda > and get full automatic wireless support on the installed system via netcfg. > > I fully support having netcfg in base (and as a default network backend in arch) because it is far better than the alternatives :) I don't think that wpa_supplicant/crda belongs in base (for instance routers don't need wpa_supplicant but may require hostapd), but iw (and iproute2) definitely has to go there as it provides some hardware management capabilities. Just an opinion... -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key: 0x164B5A6D Fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D
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