So some exciting news, for those of you that use NetworkManager. NetworkManager 1.0 is now in GNOME:Factory, and ready for everybody to test and break repeatedly, so we can get it ready to push to Tumbleweed. This will also bring 1.0 versions of the following packages: NetworkManager-gnome -openconnect -openswan -openvpn -pptp -vpn And I'm sure, shortly thereafter, updates from the KDE team, once it hits Tumbleweed. Some of the new Features/Bugs/Changes include: + A new 'libnm' GObject-based client library to replace libnm-util/libnm-glib: - IP address, IP route, hardware address, and other properties are now represented as strings. - Based on GIO's GDBus bindings instead of dbus-glib. - Uses modern GObject APIs including GAsyncResult and GVariant. - See https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager/libnm. + Devices and VPN connections now have individual default routes. Priorities are handled through configurable route metrics. + nmcli now supports password requests and PolicyKit authorizations. + A faster, lighter-weight (though less capable) internal DHCP client has been added and may be selected with the "dhcp=internal" option. It supports fewer DHCP options and does not yet support DHCPv6. + A new 'configure-and-quit=yes' option has been added for environments with less dynamic network configuration. + When running on 3.17 and later kernels, NetworkManager handles IPv6LL address assignment to ensure that IPv6 connectivity is not enabled until intentionally configured by the user. + NetworkManager no longer causes the nl80211 kernel module to be loaded on systems with no Wi-Fi devices. + Bluetooth DUN support now works with Bluez 5.x. + VPN connections can now persist across link changes and suspend/resume if their VPN plugin supports this feature. + A new 'ibft' settings plugin has been added to support firmware-based iBFT/iSCSI configurations. This functionality has been moved to 'ibft' from the 'ifcfg-rh' plugin. + IPv6 router advertisement MTUs are now respected. + NetworkManager no longer requires polkit libraries at runtime when Polkit support is enabled, and Polkit can be disabled at build time too. + Automatically created connections are now deleted when their device goes away. + 'nmcli dev connect' now attemts to create a connection if none exists. + Manually configured static IPv6 configuration is kept even if SLAAC fails. + Manpages for the 'keyfile' and 'ifcfg-rh' plugins now describe their configuration syntax and available options. + WWAN connections now support IPv6 if the modem and provider support IPv6. + Software devices (bridge, bond, team, etc) can now be deleted from the D-Bus API or with nmcli. + The manpages, documentation, and API annotations have received many cleanups. + Externally created virtual interfaces are no longer managed by NetworkManager until they are set "up" or activated via nmcli. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org