| 2007-05-04 18:01:28 |
Alexander Papaspyrou |
description |
Binary package hint: network-manager-vpnc
Currently, network-manager-vpnc lacks UI controls for setting up new DPD support in vpnc-0.40. However, this seems to be a more general issue, not only affecting this package, but also network-manager
James Tait correctly stated that the right thing to do here would be to extend network-manager in a way that it can "auto-sense" options from the underlying plugins (such as vpnc) and display them.
This basically boils down to two possible solutions:
1. Extend the network-manager plugin architecture to allow custom configuration dialogs for underlying vpn implementations and add corresponding functionality to the plugins along with custom options (e.g. DPD for vpnc).
pros/cons:
+ allows global and connection-specific settings as well as defining defaults
- implementation effort
2. Add generic options to the client connection setup dialog.
pros/cons:
+ easy to realize
- mixes up general (probably defaultable) options with connection-specific stuff and clutters connection configuration UI
Comments? |
Binary package hint: network-manager-vpnc
Currently, network-manager-vpnc lacks UI controls for setting up new DPD support in vpnc-0.40. However, this seems to be a more general issue, not only affecting this package, but also network-manager
In Bug #93413 James Tait correctly stated that the right thing to do here would be to extend network-manager in a way that it can "auto-sense" options from the underlying plugins (such as vpnc) and display them.
This basically boils down to two possible solutions:
1. Extend the network-manager plugin architecture to allow custom configuration dialogs for underlying vpn implementations and add corresponding functionality to the plugins along with custom options (e.g. DPD for vpnc).
pros/cons:
+ allows global and connection-specific settings as well as defining defaults
- implementation effort
2. Add generic options to the client connection setup dialog.
pros/cons:
+ easy to realize
- mixes up general (probably defaultable) options with connection-specific stuff and clutters connection configuration UI
Comments? |
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