Bug 397635

Summary:	gnome-base/gnome-core-apps should honour networkmanager use flag
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Gert Wollny <gw.fossdev>
Component:	[OLD] GNOME	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	387957

Description Gert Wollny 2012-01-04 12:27:14 UTC

gnome-base/gnome-core-apps pulls in nm-applet, even if the networkmanager use flag is set to disabled. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. euse -D networkmanager
2. emerge -a gnome-base/gnome-core-apps

Actual Results:  
nm-applet gets pulled in 

Expected Results:  
Since gnome-core-apps is just meta-package no networkmanager related package should be pulled in.  

There is, of course the package.provided workaround.

Comment 1 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-01-05 02:22:20 UTC

> (In reply to comment #0)
> Since gnome-core-apps is just meta-package no networkmanager related package
> should be pulled in.  

gnome-shell requires networkmanager by upstream decision, so the vast majority of gnome-3 users will need to install networkmanager regardless. However, for those users who are running a different desktop environment, or who want a fallback-only system without gnome-shell, it makes sense to provide an option to disable nm-applet in the gnome-core-apps meta.

>  05 Jan 2012; Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@gentoo.org>
>  gnome-core-apps-3.2.1.ebuild:
>  Add networkmanager USE flag, enabled by default, to make nm-applet optional
>  (bug #397635, thanks to Gert Wollny for reporting).