On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Robbie Smith wrote:

I only discovered netctl today, and from what I’ve read in the wiki, mailing lists, and the code, it sounds like a really interesting project. Kudos to all the devs behind it!

One feature I’m certainly after (and would be definitely willing to write/port/test) is support for mobile broadband connections using pppd. netcfg has basic support for this, and I hacked together some scripts and profiles based on information in the wiki and elsewhere that would establish a connection to a USB modem. I put the scripts up on the AUR[1], if anyone is interested.

Lately I’ve been exploring systemd’s possibilities[2] and have been trying to encourage it, netcfg, and pppd to cooperate a little better[3]. If some of those ideas could be incorporated into netctl, that would be brilliant.

As I mentioned above, I’m willing to write or port (and document) the necessary code, though I’m not particularly sure where to start, be it writing it or making it conform to Arch standards. I’ve used Linux for years, but I’m new to contributing as I’m more of a user than a programmer.

The code of netctl is hosted at http://projects.archlinux.org/netctl.git/ Under src/lib/connections, you'll find the current connection types, along with a README on developing new ones. If you come up with a reasonable new connection type, I am more than happy to add it. Please also update the netctl.profile manpage accordingly.

Robbie

[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/netcfg-ppp-mobile-git/ [2] https://github.com/zoqaeski/systemd-user-units [3] https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2013-March/033246.html

- Jouke