[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#910124: network-manager-gnome: option to import/export WiFi config as a QR code

[Paul Wise]

Package: network-manager-gnome
Version: 1.8.18-1
Severity: wishlist

I recently discovered that there is a defacto standard for converting
WiFi configs to QR codes and back again.

https://qifi.org/
https://github.com/zxing/zxing/wiki/Barcode-Contents#wifi-network-config-android

It would be nice if the NetworkManager user interface could support
this by allowing users to:

* show a QR code on the screen
* print a QR code onto paper
* import config from a QR code in a photo
* import config from a QR code from webcam output

This would be a nicer way to transfer the information than reading it
aloud, especially for Internet cafes or other places where it could be
put up on a wall.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers testing-debug
  APT policy: (900, 'testing-debug'), (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable-debug'), (800, 'unstable'), (790, 'buildd-unstable'), (700, 'experimental-debug'), (700, 'experimental'), (690, 'buildd-experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome depends on:
ii  dbus-x11 [dbus-session-bus]                  1.12.10-1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.30.0-1
ii  gnome-flashback [polkit-1-auth-agent]        3.30.0-1
ii  gnome-shell [polkit-1-auth-agent]            3.30.0-2
ii  libatk1.0-0                                  2.30.0-1
ii  libayatana-appindicator3-1                   0.5.3-4
ii  libc6                                        2.27-6
ii  libcairo2                                    1.15.12-1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.38.0+dfsg-6
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.58.1-2
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.24.0-3
ii  libjansson4                                  2.11-1
ii  libmm-glib0                                  1.7.990-1
ii  libnm0                                       1.12.4-1
ii  libnma0                                      1.8.18-1
ii  libnotify4                                   0.7.7-3
ii  libpango-1.0-0                               1.42.4-3
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0                          1.42.4-3
ii  libsecret-1-0                                0.18.6-2
ii  libselinux1                                  2.8-1+b1
ii  network-manager                              1.12.4-1
ii  policykit-1-gnome [polkit-1-auth-agent]      0.105-7

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome recommends:
ii  awesome [notification-daemon]          4.2-5
ii  gnome-flashback [notification-daemon]  3.30.0-1
ii  gnome-keyring                          3.28.2-1
ii  gnome-shell [notification-daemon]      3.30.0-2
ii  iso-codes                              4.1-1
ii  mobile-broadband-provider-info         20170903-1
ii  notification-daemon                    3.20.0-3

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome suggests:
pn  network-manager-openconnect-gnome  <none>
ii  network-manager-openvpn-gnome      1.8.4-1
ii  network-manager-pptp-gnome         1.2.6-2
pn  network-manager-vpnc-gnome         <none>

-- no debconf information

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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