elementary/settings-network

Use NM to disambiguate device names

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#392 opened on Jan 18, 2024

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Description

What Happened?

Currently we do our own device name disambiguation which means we either have a name like "Wired" or the name of the device itself with no helpful in betweens like "USB ethernet"

Steps to Reproduce

Have two or more of the same kinds of devices like a PCI and USB ethernet device. See that in the sidebar you have the device name

Expected Behavior

We should use NM to disambiguate names so we get more helpful descriptions like we have in the network indicator

OS Version

7.x (Horus)

Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

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Contributor guide

Research direction
Research how NetworkManager provides device names (e.g., NMDeviceWired's description property) and replace the current custom disambiguation logic in the sidebar with NM's naming.
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None
Domain
desktopnetworking
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
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60