Comment 49 for bug 278153

Chauncellor,

Please refer to bug 107738 about the -pptp plugin being installed by default.

As for the other VPN plugins like -vpnc and -openvpn (and others, -openconnect, maybe more coming up?), I don't think it would be likely that all VPN plugins would be installed by default. Seeing as pptp is a special requirement (needs to be there for some DSL users), this is treated differently, but in other cases it's usually possible to go elsewhere to have Internet access without VPN, or to use another method to get the packages and then be able to use the VPN to connect to a secured network.

As for as the -vpnc, -openvpn, etc. plugins are concerned, I expect interfacing with PackageKit through nm-applet to interactively install new plugins (as per https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-openvpn/+bug/278153/comments/43) is probably far more likely to happen (through I couldn't say "for lucid" for sure).