Merge network-manager 1.0.10-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

[Artur Rona]

network-manager (1.0.10-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release.
  * Bump Build-Depend on libsoup2.4-dev to (>= 2.40) as per configure.ac.
  * Rebase patches.

 -- Michael Biebl <email address hidden> Thu, 24 Dec 2015 00:43:55 +0100

network-manager (1.0.8-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Chris Boot ]
  * Use dh_ppp to generate Breaks for ppp and find the path to the plugin
    directory. (Closes: #805565)

 -- Michael Biebl <email address hidden> Sat, 05 Dec 2015 22:07:15 +0100

network-manager (1.0.8-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release.
    - MTU indicated by a VPN gateway is now properly applied.
      (Closes: #794237)
  * Rebase patches.
  * Install new nm-versions-macros.h header file.
  * Check errors of polkit_unix_session_new_for_process_sync(). Patch
    cherry-picked from upstream Git.

 -- Michael Biebl <email address hidden> Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:32:35 +0100

network-manager (1.0.6-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release.
  * Refresh patches.
  * Update symbols file for libnm0 and libnm-glib4.
  * Drop debian/patches/Mark-virtual-ethernet-interfaces-as-unmanaged.patch,
    this patch is obsolete, since upstream provides a udev rules based
    mechanism now to mark virtual interfaces as unmanaged. (Closes: #794083)
  * Use GnuTLS crypto API instead of gcrypt. Patch cherry-picked from upstream
    Git. (Closes: #748675)
  * Fix command line parsing in nmcli. Patch cherry-picked from upstream Git.

 -- Michael Biebl <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:01:26 +0200

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[bojo42 (bojo42)]

@ari-tczew Thx for keeping track on this :)

As we are actually going LTS again, i think it's really time to focus a bit more on NM again. With all respect to the Ubuntu Devs, but it seems since Alexander Sack moved on the other topics we're actually lacking man power over here. That's a little pity as:

- RedHat's upstream guys are pushing hard these days:

  + https://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2016/01/18/networkmanager-1-2-has-better-wi-fi-scanning/

  + https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2016/01/18/networkmanger-and-tracking-protection-in-wi-fi-networks/

  + http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS

  + https://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/plain/NEWS (... they even integrated support for libappindicator!)

- Debian is currently quite ahead of Ubuntu with integrating NM

So at least my conclusion is:

1. There should be no 0ubuntuX package anymore, to "stand on Debian's shoulders" again, as we have no dedicated man power to NM anymore.

2. We should embrace the newest upstream releases for two reason:

2.1 The awesome new features will make Xenial's networking rock till the next LTS and we won't be so much behind other Linux distros like Arch and Fedora.

2.2 We lower the maintainence costs with things like libappindicator support, the GDBus porting and a supported upstream release where we can fallback to cherry picking.

@Robert Ancell & Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre What do you think?

BTW I am willing to help a bit with the merging, packaging and testing NM 1.2!

[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

@bojo42 - I think we can reduce the delta, but enabling things like NetworkManager-wait-online we NEED to do and Debian isn't ready for yet. (we have more systemd services then they do) - see LP#1515446

One of the negative affects of fixing NFS (enabling NM-w-o) is that it delays the startup. Well, in NM1.2 they mention in the changelog making startup much faster and more robust.

[bojo42 (bojo42)]

@Bryan Thx for your reply and hell yes i remember even older NFS issues with having network up. Stumbled over them some years ago and although i forget the details, there was quite some hacking involved to get some Ubuntu clients with NM connected to an existing old school server setup with NFS & NIS+. ;)

But beside that Ubuntu change is there any work already going on for a new merge from Debian sid or for even trying to land NM 1.2 in xenial? I am asking cause i might the look at the packaging next days or more probably at FOSDEM on the weekend.

BTW is the any PPA connected to NM testing anymore (https://launchpad.net/~network-manager/+archive/ubuntu/ppa) where possible packaging attempts could be shared or collaborated on?

[Elijah Lynn (elijah-lynn)]

Can we change the title of this to Merge network-manager 1.2...?

From the blog post by Dan Williams:

"When scans happen more often, like when a Wi-Fi network list is displayed..."

Which I take to mean when you click the AppIndicator then a new scan will happen. Am I following that right?

[Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987)]

It would be great to see NM 1.2 in Xenial.