Re: [PATCH] Connman

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:

> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 12:04:21AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

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>> > +    (license gpl2)))
>> 
>> v2-only?
>
> I thought this was strange and I took another look at the website and
> the code and it turns out it is gpl2 only.

Just to be clear, what matters to determine whether it’s v2-only is
whether license headers in the source files carry the “or any later
version” wording or not.

>> > +(define* (connman-service #:key (connman connman))
>> > +  "Return a service that runs Connman, a network connection manager.  This
>> 
>> s/Connman/@uref{http://…, Connman}/
>
> @uref or @url? wicd uses @url

They are synonymous.

>> > +service adds the @var{connman} package to the global profile, providing
>> > +several the @command{connmanctl} command to interact with the daemon and
>> > +configure networking."
>> 
>> Could you add this documentation to guix.texi?
>
> Much less scary than I thought it was going to be

:-)

>> How does Connman compare to Wicd, and to NetworkManager?
>
> Its hard for me to say, Debian is stuck with 1.22 from forever ago, but
> from playing around it seems almost as featureful as Network Manager
> while being out of the way like wicd, and has better integration into
> enlightenment than either one.

OK!

Thanks,
Ludo’.