Philip Prindeville (philipp_subx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > What? No. You can have conditional requirements in the RPM... such > as "*iff* the hardware I'm running on has a wireless NIC, then require > wpa_supplicant." So the RPM can detect a wireless adapter and > conditionally define a Requires: wpa_supplicant line in the NetworkManager > RPM. Runtime adding of dependencies based on PCI/USB/etc. probing...? I'm pretty sure RPM can't do that. > The user is also completely capable of manually installing wpa_supplicant > if he knows he will be using a plug-in wireless card (though more and > more wireless cards are mini-PCI, and hence don't get unplugged much). > > This would be better than having an unconditional requirement for wireless > support in wired-only (desktop) environments. Currently: - user uses wireless. It just works. - user doesn't use wireless. It just works, and they have an extra package. Your proposal: - user uses wireless. They must remember to install a specifically named package, otherwise, it fails completely. - user doesn't use wireless. It works. How is this better *for the user*? Bill -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
