On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 15:48:27 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 28 October 2016 15:15:36 Brian wrote: > > On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 16:10:31 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 02:51:56PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 14:07:39 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > > On Friday 28 October 2016 10:19:16 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > This was back in the day when removing it took half the system with > > > > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > ... and Gene was using Ubuntu??? ;-) > > > > > > > > > > I have never, over many years, had any trouble removing N-M, which > > > > > for years I did automatically at installation time. > > > > > > > > On the whole I would never argue about what a user chose to have on his > > > > or her machine for networking. My own preference is for ifupdown or > > > > connman, However, the many thousands of happy users of N-M are highly > > > > likely to ignore advice to remove it based on some dim recollection > > > > from ten years ago. > > > > > > Hm. I didn't take any of the mails in this thread as advising any of > > > the "many thousands of happy users of N-M" to remove anything. > > > > > > Whatever floats your boat. > > > > This is not a quote from a private mail: > > > At high risk of starting another flame war about network-manager, nuke > > > that puppy with extreme prejudice. > > It is not a quote from a private mail, but you have taken it out of context.
That's the nature of quoting. And it was the first item in the mail (the OP never mentioned N-M) so it sets the tone for the remainder of it. > It was advice on list to an individual and solved that individual's problem. The OP was not seeking advice on N-M, was he? Leaving out references to N-M (and not mis-naming it) would not have detracted from the usefulness of the post. > It might well solve the problem of anyone else in the same position as the > OP. My comment was not advice to anyone, merely pointing out that if you > happen to want to remove N-M, it is easy in Debian and does not require > removing half the system, (another quote). That is useful to know. -- Brian.
