GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 698759
nmcli should not use "802-3-ethernet" and "802-11-wireless" names
Last modified: 2020-11-12 14:32:44 UTC
There was some discussion of this in bug 696940, and I think some on email too... The historical names of some of the settings are horribly user-unfriendly and should never be exposed outside of NM itself. 696940 added aliases for these for keyfiles: #define NM_SETTING_WIRED_SETTING_NAME "802-3-ethernet" (-> "ethernet") #define NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_SETTING_NAME "802-11-wireless" (-> "wifi") #define NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_SECURITY_SETTING_NAME "802-11-wireless-security" (-> "wifi-security") We should prefer those aliases in nmcli input, output, and documentation as well. 696940 missed #define NM_SETTING_OLPC_MESH_SETTING_NAME "802-11-olpc-mesh" but we should fix that too. Also, maybe #define NM_SETTING_802_1X_SETTING_NAME "802-1x" (couldn't it have a "." instead of a "-"?)
NM bugzilla reorganization... sorry for the bug spam.
I think this is done? "nmcli dev" shows "ethernet" and "wifi" now. Are there any other places where the old names show up?
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