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
>
>