[bug#61587] [PATCH 0/8] networking services refactoring

["Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>]

Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu> skribis:

> On 2023-03-03 17:15, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu> skribis:
>> 
>>>        (list (shepherd-service
>>>               (documentation "Run the NetworkManager.")
>>> -             (provision '(networking))
>>> +             (provision '(NetworkManager networking))
>> 
>> We could discuss this at length, but I’m in favor of either the status
>> quo, or:
>> 
>>   (provision '(networking network-manager))
>> 
>> WDYT?
>
> The ordering matters here, putting 'networking first means that 'network-manager is the virtual service and that something like
> connman can provide 'network-manager which is absurd.

Hmm OK, I don’t mind the ordering.

In the Shepherd there’s really the “canonical name” and “other names”;
that’s all ordering changes.

Ludo’.