I want to develop something like this, improvments in network configuration. But not only by NetworkManager, I also think about wicd or just some set of shell scripts to easy connect/reconnect/chose network. Also, I think about adding pptp support to wicd. But, i'm also interested in improving NetworkManager. P.S. With whom I can discuss possibility of doing it? Artem Volkhin. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@gentoo.org>wrote: > Improve NetworkManager integration with Gentoo: > > People who use NetworkManager in Gentoo have found that it lives in an > ecosystem of it's own, completely detached from the network > configuration in Gentoo (/etc/conf.d/net, hostname, dns, etc). Due to > these reasons, the init script has not even been made to "provide net" > yet, which makes it quite useless out of the box. However, NM is an > excellent tool, and the aim of this project would be to make it work > properly in Gentoo. > > This mostly involves writing a NetworkManager plugin to read and write > to Gentoo configuration files, and various other improvements to > enhance integration. Creating a full list is left as an exercise for > the applicant. > > Skills: > *C > *GObject C > *Basic understanding of networking > *Familiarity with network configurations and services in Gentoo > > That's essentially what I've put up on the wiki. Anyone who has used > NetworkManager semi-seriously will agree with me that NM integration > is quite shoddy in Gentoo because no one wrote a gentoo-specific > plugin (like RH and Ubuntu did). Writing the plugin itself and making > it work properly should not take more than a month (and a half?), and > properly integrating NM with network services (reconfiguration/hup > when new interfaces go up/down, etc) should take a few more weeks > (mainly b/c we need to test against almost everything). > > I need help in adding a few more things to this project so that the > student can be kept occupied for the entire duration of summer. Or is > the amount of work sufficient? > > Also, please note that I will most likely not be able to mentor for > this project, so if anyone is interested in mentoring, feel free to > take over this ;) > > -- > ~Nirbheek Chauhan > > Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team > >