tde-devels May 2013

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Re: [trinity-devel] KMail - added NetworkManager support
by Darrell Anderson 04 May '13

04 May '13

>> Kmail here is always online, which, for an enterprise type workstation >> is what I lwant. Laptops may benifit from networkmanager, I never have >> and don't need one more thing to deal with in my environment. > >This is one reason why I would like this feature to use the TDE network >system, as that system a.) falls back gracefully when NetworkManager is >not installed and b.) is designed so that other network backends (e.g. >simply reading ifconfig) can be added in the future. In summary, not everyone uses a wireless connection. :-) We have a place to direct this conversation and patching: http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1105 BTW, this is a healthy enhancement request but is not an R14.0.0 priority. Darrell

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Re: [trinity-devel] KMail - added NetworkManager support
by Darrell Anderson 04 May '13

04 May '13

>> I added NetworkManager support to KMail. This patch will put >KMail in >> offline/online mode, according to current NetworkManager state. >As a side >> effect, KMail will be switched automatically to offline when you >will >> suspend >> the machine, and to online after resume. >> >> https://github.com/serghei/kde3- >kdepim/commit/0577b2e0087d6350a099778300ec3912a0fc1e74 >> >> -- >> Serghei > >It would be interesting to forward-port this to the TDE network >management >system, so that DBUS code is not duplicated in multiple places >within TDE... Does KMail start or default to offline mode when NetworkManager is not installed? Darrell

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Re: [trinity-devel] KMail - added NetworkManager support
by Darrell Anderson 04 May '13

04 May '13

>Kmail here is always online, which, for an enterprise type workstation >is what I want. Laptops may benifit from networkmanager, I never >have and don't need one more thing to deal with in my environment. Is there a more simpler method available? I don't see why any Trinity network-ready app should key off of networkmanager. Many people don't use that app. Online detection should be through the core network libraries or the underlying OS. I don't use networkmanager. I only use POP3/SMTP. KMail always starts in online mode, which is fine except when my router is offline, which is seldom the case. Then KMail kicks out kdialogs about not connecting. I would not mind the kdialogs not appearing at such times, but I'm not going to install networkmanager to obtain that. :-) We've had a similar conversation in enhancement request 1105: http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1105 Darrell

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KMail - added NetworkManager support
by Serghei Amelian 03 May '13

03 May '13

Hi again, I added NetworkManager support to KMail. This patch will put KMail in offline/online mode, according to current NetworkManager state. As a side effect, KMail will be switched automatically to offline when you will suspend the machine, and to online after resume. https://github.com/serghei/kde3-kdepim/commit/0577b2e0087d6350a099778300ec3… -- Serghei

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