[Goodies-dev] [Bug 3867] New: Interface name is limited to 10 chars

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           Summary: Interface name is limited to 10 chars
           Product: Xfce Panel Plugins
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC (x86)
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Medium
         Component: wavelan
        AssignedTo: goodies-dev at xfce.org
        ReportedBy: corsac at debian.org


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Gecko/20080208 (Debian-1.8.1.12-1) Epiphany/2.20
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A debian user reported [0] that when adding an interface in wavelan plugin, one
was limited to 10 chars. This arbitrary limitation isn't catched often, but
when it is, it's really annoying.

Is there a practical reason for limiting interface name? If there is, can it be
extended to a bit more (and if there's more, could it be removed completely?)

Thanks.

[0]: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466923

Reproducible: Always


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