Hi,
Michael Banck wrote:
> Package: network-manager
> Severity: wishlist
>
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 06:46:24AM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote:
> > > It’s gnome-software in sid, or g-s-d in jessie, querying PackageKit for
> > > updates.
> > > The default policy is to not schedule any downloads when running on
> > > battery or on a modem connection.
> >
> > Which is not enough IMO. (W)LAN connections cannot be expected to not
> > carry a penalty for download volume. Just think about the now standard
> > way of going on-line while traveling, making your cell play access
> > point. And at least in my area of the world no flat rate is really flat,
> > at least it will be slowed down to crazy low numbers if you reach a
> > certain threshold. Even worse, if you're roaming it'll cost a fortune.
>
> In that case, the WLAN access point ("FooAP" or so) should be tagged as
> "modem", not sure if n-m can do that. Am trying to file a wishlist
> bug for that by BCCing submit@.
This is upstream https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745747 :
Mobile broadband connections are not all detectable as mobile
devices; in some case, they are just Ethernet or Wi-Fi connections
going through a mobile-like device. It is up to the user to
specify that a connection is actually capped/metered, in those
cases, and avoid blowing through the monthly user quota, or start
spending tons of money on roaming charges.
It would be good to have a setting inside NetworkManager, and
exposed in the UI, to let the user specify that a certain
connection is capped/metered; this would allow tools like GNOME
Software, or the web browser, or anything that automatically
connects to the network, to be aware of the limitations of a
connection.
Additionally, having a way to specify an actual quota would allow
client-side capping, as well as usage statistics. This would also
be helpful for parental controls.
As an initial step during this GNOME release cycle (March→September)
NetworkManager got support for provide information about metered
connections (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=741725) and
this is now exposed in GLib (g_network_monitor_get_network_metered).
Fred
