F22: Software for update

[Tomasz Torcz]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 12:21:28PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-09-29 at 14:38 -0400, Eric Griffith wrote:
> > There's also the fact that if
> > > > the connection is metered then we just ripped through a chunk of
> > > > their
> > data.
> > > 
> > > We only do the auto-refresh on wired or wifi connections. If you
> > > chose
> > > to do the manual refresh button on mobile data that's up to the
> > > user.
> > > 
> > 
> > Is there a reliable way to detect that though? If I tether via my
> > phone or
> > turn my phone into a hotspot it comes up as Ethernet or WiFi,
> > respectively.
> > It seems like we are going to run into the same issue that Microsoft
> > is
> > where automatic downloads are giving people bill shock.
> 
> AIUI, NetworkManager is working on more sophisticated detection of
> tethering, but right now it doesn't have it. Tethered wifi will be
> treated as an unmetered connection. I think NM does already treat USB
> tethering as metered.

  It's already available in NM 1.0.6:
https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2015/08/27/networkmanager-1-0-6-brings-metered-connections-api-and-more/


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