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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pablo, thanks for the bug report and suggested fix. You're right that
the current behavior of sorting all networks alphabetically is poor. But
switching to sorting them all by strength would also be poor. First it
would be hard to find your preferred network if it wasn't one of the
strongest, and second the order of networks would often change as their
signal strength fluctuated.

So the design awaiting implementation
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#wifi-menu-pc> is to list up to 20
networks at the top level of the menu, and list those 20 alphabetically,
but choose them from (a) networks you've connected to previously, if
any, and then (b) the strongest other networks available, if any. That
way, the network you want will be very likely to be at the top level of
the menu -- because you've used it before, and/or it's one of the
strongest.

(For any future fix you make, the next step in making it more effective
would be using "diff -u" to provide a context diff, rather than a whole
file or a contextless diff where others can't see what the change was.
And if you still need help building the indicator-network package, try
contacting Antti Kaijanmäki, the current maintainer. Have fun!)

** Changed in: indicator-network
       Status: New => Invalid

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246709

Title:
  Network menu should sort networks list by signal strength

Status in Network Menu:
  Invalid
Status in Network Manager GNOME Applet:
  New

Bug description:
  Right now, the network menu sorts the list of available wireless
  networks alphabetically. This is bad when one's network is one among
  many (like in a building) and starts with a letter that's at the end
  of the alphabet, because they will have to look for it under the "more
  networks" submenu.

  When someone's looking for a particular network, there's a high chance
  that they are looking for one of the ones that are closer, so sorting
  by signal strength is more natural.

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