[Bug 2041491] Re: Provide an option to avoid the yaml NM backend

[Lukas Märdian]

** Also affects: netplan.io (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Tags added: netplan-everywhere

** Tags added: rls-nn-incoming

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Title:
  Provide an option to avoid the yaml NM backend

Status in netplan.io package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi, recently netplan added support for a yaml NM backend:

  https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/call-for-testing-networkmanager-yaml-
  settings/32420

  The rationale is that "the descriptive YAML layer is especially useful
  in cloud environments":

  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/556

  It's great that you care about that user group!
  Please also care for the rest of us that do not use cloud environments!

  For example, I routinely review, clone, backup or even directly edit
  the /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections files in my desktops and
  servers, in all distributions.

  Having an Ubuntu-specific way to do things will make things harder for
  me. I will have to learn a new Ubuntu-specific syntax, develop scripts
  and methods to convert my connections between distributions, I will
  need to discover and report bugs in the netplan <=> nm mapping etc...

  I.e. Ubuntu is great for the cloud, and it's awesome that you want to provide a unified yaml-based experience for cloud-init etc.
  But Ubuntu is also great outside the cloud; please allow us to continue having a unified experience between distributions (i.e. directly using nm or systemd-networkd) without enforcing an Ubuntu-specific way of doing things (netplan) to us.

  For Ubuntu 24.04+, please provide an option to avoid the yaml NM
  backend, thank you very much!

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