Re: [PATCH] core: add internet connectivity check

["W. Martin Borgert" <debacle debian org>]

Quoting "Marcel Holtmann" <marcel holtmann org>:
> I personally
> would go straight for handling WISPr support and then the rest falls out
> of it for free.

I must confess, that I didn't know about WISPr before you mentioned
it earlier in this thread. The Wikipedia article[1] suggests, that
it has almost nothing to do with the problem Thomas is trying to
solve, but maybe I'm completely out of tune. If I understand correctly,
WISPr is a WiFi- and mobile network related roaming standard, that
has to be supported by the network provider. OTOH, Thomas is trying to
automate a check, whether a device has an internet connection (via
LAN, WiFi, modem, whatever) or not, independent of the provider or
its support of a certain protocol. While WISPr might be an
interesting addition to NM, I fail to see the connection to Thomas
problem and solution. But maybe this is due to my limited
understanding of WISPr, or the brevity of Wikipedia on the subject.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISPr