Well the guy at Gnome seems a little hostile to be honest. He said he'd prefer if it was fixed, but I don't see that happening anytime soon as this has been a bug since 2008 and I doubt it will be fixed for Quantal.
If we want it sorted for Quantal, I guess we should just patch it ourselves and remove the checkbox -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280571 Title: NetworkManager does not auto-connect to VPNs marked "Connect Automatically" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager/+bug/280571/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs