Re: NetworkManager 0.7.0-rc1 released

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 10:19 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Dan,
> 
> Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I tagged and uploaded NM 0.7.0-rc1 on Sunday night.  Yes, there are
> > still bugs, and yes, we'll fix the bad ones, and yes, some people's pet
> > bugs will only get fixed after the final release.  I'll do an rc2 this
> > coming weekend, and we'll wrap up the 0.7 development cycle by November
> > 15th.  This time for real :)
> >
> > http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/NetworkManager/0.7/
> > http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/network-manager-applet/0.7/
> 
> Congrats!  Nice job.  It's been a long time coming and I know you've
> put a lot of effort into this.
> 
> I've got two questions:
> 
> 1) Is this going to get pushed into F9?

Yes.

> 2) I'm still using 0.6.6 (yes, I'm still on F7) and I periodically
>    connect my cell phone via USB and have a "SprintPCS" network
>    configuration in the "dialup configuration" menu.  Will this
>    version still support me?

Yes, though you may need to reconfigure the connection in NM 0.7's
connection editor, as well as adding your phone to the HAL fdi file that
controls the hardware detection.  That's all pretty easy though.

What phone do you have, and what are the USB IDs reported by
'/sbin/lsusb' ?

Dan