[Kde-hardware-devel] Tokamak4 Network Management notes

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Will Stephenson ha scritto:
> 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

let me have some adds :-)
+allow navigation among the connections with keyboard arrows
+allow to copy not only the IP but everything from the property panel

Ciao
Pier