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[Scott Kitterman <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Tyler Brainerd" <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> "Mark Shuttleworth" <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> >
>> >Just so folks are clear on direction:
>> >
>> > - we would like to move to Connection Manager ("connman") in due
>> >course, for its cleaner, more pluggable, testable and maintainable
>> >architecture
>> > - we have a detailed, signed-off design for the indicator associated
>> >with that at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking
>> > - MPT is working on supporting designs, such as settings
>> > - implementation has started on the indicator and code contributions
>> >are welcome
>> > - we aim to use this for 10.10 Netbook Edition (not desktop) unless it
>> >fails badly
>>
>> Is the eventual plan for Ubuntu Desktop to move to conman as well (if so
>> now is the time for other flavors to start looking into transition)?
>>
>>
>"Ubuntu will integrate Connection Manager
><https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ConnMan> (a.k.a.
>ConnMan), with a human interface — a settings window and a network menu —
>designed to cover networking in general, including network setup, proxy, and
>firewall settings."
>
>It seems to be the eventual goal, according to the design specs.
>
All the discussion of it I've seen to date has been netbook focused.  I'm interested to hear from someone at Canonical about desktop .

Scott K