Comment 438 for bug 191889

I see that the fix has been committed and released for network manager. But I think the whole issue hasn't moved an inch towards resolution. Even after two years, nw fails to look at ppp connection status to give an informed online/offline status. All depending applications i.e. evolution, firefox etc. continue to be fooled by nw's online/offline status. They continue to start in offline mode.

In two years, no fix/progress/information sought/fix?? Is there anything I can do to stop evolution from starting in offline mode?
Is there anything, I as a user can do to help?? This is glaring!!