Re: RFC: standardized network provisioning

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2014-06-11 at 14:45 -0400, Dan Winship wrote:
> On 06/11/2014 12:12 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> > Has any thought been given to implementing standardized network
> > provisioning similar to how Apple's .mobileconfig works?
>
> There's been some discussion about provisioning in the past, but as far
> as I know no one is currently working on it.
>
> > XpressConnect's Linux support uses a native Linux
> > binary and relies on communication with the NetworkManager DBUS API.
> > The rapid changes in this API and other system components on Linux
> > cause this to break frequently.  For example, XpressConnect works on a
> > freshly installed Fedora 20, but not one updated with the latest
> > package updates.
>
> The NetworkManager D-Bus API is stable. While we do add new
> properties/methods to it as needed, existing released API should never
> change. If it does, please file a bug.

Yeah; I'm very curious what's going on there and what has broken.  If
there is something broken, we'll fix it.

Dan