[Kde-hardware-devel] Solid::Control not finding local loopback

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Tuesday 22 December 2009 19:06:12 David Hubner wrote:
> > That's not a usecase. :-)
> >
> > I'm also wary of adding it, since I don't see real value for it, and it
> > might cause regressions (think of the lo interface being shown in UIs it
> > previously wasn't). Lacking a use-case for it and given the risk of
> > regressions, we can better leave it out in my opinion.
> >    
> 
> Yer, I cannot think of a usecase for it..
> 
> To be truthful I brought it up for selfish reasons :) I am getting all 
> the networkInterface devices from Solid::Devices::listFromType and 
> checking if they are active and if so displaying info. Having lo in 
> Solid::Control::* would have made my life easier. Now I have to make a 
> design decision, check for "lo" and add static data or get rid of "lo" 
> by using Solid::Control::NetworkManager::networkInterfaces();

What are you using it for? (That might be the use case you were looking for ...)

> I hate design decisions, I always choose the wrong one :)
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sebas

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