Re: Newbie question: advice in adding a new feature to network manager...

["Peter Van Lone" <petervl gmail com>]

I don't know how you should get started ... but here is my vote for
that as a a worthy feature.

P

On 8/16/07, Doug Anson <danson austin rr com> wrote:
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> Hi:
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> I'm new to NetworkManager and have an interest in coding up a new feature
> into it. I think it would be great to have the ability to partition out
> adhoc networks from infrastructure networks in the available wireless
> network list. That way, if it happens to be the case that there is a lurking
> adhoc network called say "foo" and an infrastructure network called "foo",
> the user can differentiate between the two and choose which one they want to
> associate with.
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> Additionally, with that kind of segmentation, it would be nice to ONLY see
> adhoc networks or infrastructure networks in the list (as a configurable
> option). For a managed network environment, users may only be interested in
> seeing one kind of network at a given time.
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> So, any advice on how I can quickly ramp up into the design aspects of
> NetworkManager?  Any advice on where I would likely begin to experiment with
> changes?
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> Thanks!
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> Doug
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