Am 12.04.2015 um 15:15 schrieb Jérémy Lal: > Package: network-manager-gnome > Version: 0.9.10.0-2 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > In a gnome-shell session, i see that "nm-applet" is automatically > started, indeed by the fact network-manager-gnome installs > /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop. > However, this program is apparently not used at all by gnome-shell, > and not even accessible when started. > > So i question two things here: > > * why it is a dependency of gnome though it is not needed in the > default gnome-shell session ? > * shouldn't network-connection-editor be in a separate package, > allowing one to install it without autostarting nm-applet ?
Afair, nm-applet was still autostarted for by gnome-shell to provide the VPN auth dialogs/secrets. I don't think this is the case anymore today, but I'm not totally sure. [1] indicates that it is no longer necessary. The commit message also says, that nm-applet is no longer autostarted under GNOME Shell, which apparently is false. So maybe this an oversight by upstream. CCing Dan and Pavel for their input. Michael [1] https://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?id=4473e6a48fcfda1d87d4a4bc9f5c0589235dcfe0 -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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