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/ -- Tomasz Torcz ,,If you try to upissue this patchset I shall be seeking xmpp: zdzichubg@xxxxxxxxx an IP-routable hand grenade.'' -- Andrew Morton (LKML) -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
