On Tuesday 30 July 2013 16:09:05 Manuel de la Pena wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Iain Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 08:12:42AM -0500, Ted Gould wrote: > > > On Tue, 2013-07-30 at 10:44 +0100, Iain Lane wrote: > > > > In implementing the Time and Date settings[0], I need to know how to > > > > answer the question in the subject. We have NM's D-Bus API - does that > > > > cover all cases (mobile data, flight mode, containment [ok, that's not > > > > relevant for system settings, but more generally], ...) or is there > > > > something else to use here? > > > > > > To be clear, you shouldn't use the D-Bus API, but instead the library. > > > > Which library? libnm-glib? If so, why's that better? > > I have been doing some work recently with QNetworkInfo ( > http://qt.developpez.com/doc/5.0-snapshot/qnetworkinfo/). Is there anything > wrong with that?
No, you're perfectly fine. You should stick to Qt apis as much as possible. > > > > […] > > > I'm a bit confused on why you need these, I don't see where in the spec. > > > Just checking to see if the wireless is connected is unfortunately not > > > enough for timezone detection, as some networks don't provide it. For > > > instance, I believe last time I was in Germany they did not. Sad that > > > isn't just part of the GSM spec, but eh, I guess some people really want > > > to save data. > > > > It asks for this: > > > > ,---- > > > > | If there is no data connection, it should be followed by the caption > > > > “Setting > > > > | the time and date automatically requires a data connection.” and a > > | “Wi-Fi > > | Settings…” (TBD) button. If no carrier is selected, this should be > > > > followed by > > > > | a “Carrier Settings…” (TBD) button. Otherwise (if a carrier is selected > > > > but is > > > > | not transmitting data), it should be followed by a “Cellular Data > > > > Settings…” > > > > | button. > > > > `---- > > > > I'm guessing this could be "can we get to an NTP server" or "can we use > > NITZ" (assuming this is what the backend will use in the end) but the > > reasonable things that a user can do are to connect to wifi or their > > mobile network, so the UI tells them what they can do to maximise their > > chances of having the time set for them. > > > > -- > > Iain Lane [ [email protected] ] > > Debian Developer [ [email protected] ] > > Ubuntu Developer [ [email protected] ] > > > > -- > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
