From kde-core-devel  Tue Nov 30 21:31:43 2004
From: Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:31:43 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: RFC: Keeping track of online/offline status & central DNS
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On Tuesday 30 November 2004 21:07, Roberto Selbach Teixeira wrote:
> Forgive me for the late reply, I hope it is still worth it.
>
> On Thursday 25 November 2004 09:11, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > Design goals
> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> Someone already mentioned the proxy settings. Do you think it would be
> interesting to have something that would actually identify the current
> network the user is connected to? What I mean is that I have a laptop that
> I use at work and at home on a daily basis. These two "profiles" have
> distinct name servers, mail relays, proxies and even autofs configuration=
s.
>
> I currently use a simple python script to change those configurations on
> demand (I use arping to detect the current network). This is something th=
at
> I find useful but I am not sure this kind of things fit on what KDED shou=
ld
> be.
>
> I've been thinking of writing a KDE app to do what I currently do with the
> python script. Do you think that this functionality may have a place on
> KDED or maybe it is better as a kdeadmin-like standalone application?

I think the KDED service we are discussing here should be able to inform=20
applications about the current network situation in abstract terms e.g. "ho=
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network online" or "work network online". The KDED service should then rely=
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on external programs/scripts/etc to inform it about this. Actually switchin=
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settings is something that I think should either be handled by the program=
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that uses the settings, or by some add-on.

I will post a revised RFC based on the feedback received so far later this=
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week.

Cheers,
Waldo
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