[Kde-hardware-devel] Tokamak4 Network Management notes

[Will Stephenson]

At Tokamak 4 yesterday myself, Sebastian Kügler and Alexander Naumov got 
together to plan what we want to achieve with Network Management, especially 
the plasmoid.  

* Layout - AI: sebas, distribute mockups.  Roughly: continue twin pane 
approach.  LHS shows interface status overview and alternately interface 
details on click.  
RHS shows available connections and alternately all connections(wireless 
networks for which no connection exists) in list.

* Hidden networks - broken down the stack. AI: will to fix
* Connection sharing - show 'Share this connection' when an active Ethernet or 
3G interface is selected
* Adhoc - will be presented as 'Create new network' in networks list
* Enable networking - missing in knetworkmanager, present in plasmoid
* Artwork/icons - Martin Zilz now working on these.  We need to show vpn 
status in the tray icon.  Default route icon to be replaced by bold text on 
interface owning the defaultroute.
* NetworkManager 0.8 - since openSUSE 11.3 will have this, all major NM 
distros are on it, therefore developers should target 0.8
* Mobile Broadband - AI: will to integrate libqmbca this week
* Tethering/Bluetooth - AI: will to investigate
* Connection details - to be presented modally in the plasmoid popup left hand 
pane.  Initially this pane shows each interface's status, when an interface is 
clicked the pane shows details of that interface and its connection(s)  AI: 
anaumov
* Polishing - AI: agateau to continue to fix paper kuts.
* Tooltip - no tooltip on popup, existing plasmoid tray icon tooltip nearly 
good enough but should show active connection names.
* VPNs - AI: sebas to get himself a VPN to use and offer VPN connections in 
the connection list right hand pane
* System connections - AI:will to add support for these in KCM.

Will