FS#68019 - {netctl} Support for iwd alternative-to or instead-of wpa-supplicant

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Olav Seyfarth (nursoda) - Sunday, 27 September 2020, 21:00 GMT
Last edited by Jouke Witteveen (jouke) - Friday, 16 October 2020, 11:58 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Arch Projects
Status Closed
Assigned To Jouke Witteveen (jouke)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I like the lightness of netctl and the clean structure of iwd but cannot not use both together. Would be nice if netctl would allow the use of iwd instead of wpa_supplicant.
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Closed by  Jouke Witteveen (jouke)
Friday, 16 October 2020, 11:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  Will reconsider implementing if iwd gains a more accommodating CLI.
Comment by Jouke Witteveen (jouke) - Friday, 09 October 2020, 10:33 GMT
What issues with your use of wpa_supplicant are you trying to solve? I am not aware of any major issues with wpa_supplicant. The structure of iwd is far less clean than you might think (certainly compared to wpa_supplicant). In fact, iwd has grown into a partial network manager instead of an implementation of wireless protocols. This makes swapping wpa_supplicant for iwd in netctl harder than it should be. In principle, I am in favor of offering multiple backend choices, but unless iwd starts supporting a good CLI and transient profiles, I cannot afford to put in the effort to write the required support code.
Comment by Olav Seyfarth (nursoda) - Friday, 09 October 2020, 17:23 GMT
Thanks for your swift answer! If that's the case, I fully agree with you. You may close my request.

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