mail-client/thunderbird has the `wifi` USE flag, which enables necko-wifi for NetworkManager integration. Thunderbird (as its sibling project Firefox) talks to NetworkManager through its DBUS API. net-misc/connman has `networkmanager` flag, which enables the compatibility implementation of the NetworkManager DBUS API, so clients using that API can talk to Connman as it were NetworkManager. My request is adding a small change to the thunderbird ebuild like next, so Connman laptop users like me can enable `wifi` flag without having to maintain a local overlay to manage each release: --- /var/db/repos/gentoo/mail-client/thunderbird/thunderbird-115.14.0.ebuild 2024-08-11 17:11:07.000000000 +0200 +++ thunderbird-115.14.0.ebuild 2024-08-19 12:43:37.996633641 +0200 @@ -201,7 +201,10 @@ wifi? ( kernel_linux? ( dev-libs/dbus-glib - net-misc/networkmanager + || ( + net-misc/networkmanager + net-misc/connman[networkmanager] + ) sys-apps/dbus ) ) I have been testing this small change in my local installation since several months, with no evident breakages. Thanks in advance, José María
This is now available in 128.2.1 which is visible with unstable/testing keywords. 128.3.0 will most likely be the next stable, and 115 phased out soon after that.
