Hello.

I think this is the best way.

> Hi,
>
> I think adding an option in the editor to disable the filters is better
> than just reverting the patches. Just reverting the patches is going to be
> another big visual change that might annoy someone else who will ask to
> change it again. See the picture?
>
> Lamarque V. Souza
> Linux User #57137 - https://www.linuxcounter.net/user/57137
>
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 3:31 AM, Jan Grulich <jgrulich at redhat.com
> <https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-hardware-devel>> wrote:
>
> >/Hi, />//>/I would like to bring this for discussion again, there are 
> >apparently />/people />/[1] using those devices on desktop and even when 
> >there might be just a
> few />/of />/them we maybe want to reconsider supporting them. I've never 
> removed the />/relevant code to support enterprise devices, they are just 
> ignored and />/filtered out, but still the setting widgets are there. Problem 
> is that I />/don't />/want to really show them in the applet or in the new 
> kcm as it might
> bother />/99% of users who actually don't need them. Instead, we might want to
> add an />/option to the applet to allow showing and creating such devices. 
> What do />/you />/think? It shouldn't be extra work and everyone will be 
> satisfied. />//>/[1] - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376664 
> />//>/Regards, />/Jan />//>/On čtvrtek 17. prosince 2015 9:53:27 CEST Jan 
> Grulich wrote: />/> Done. I pushed a change which should now filter out 
> mentioned />/> device/connection types from the applet, notifications etc. 
> except the />/> connection editor. />/> />/> Regards, />/> Jan />/> />/> On 
> Wednesday 16 of December 2015 15:26:51 Jan Grulich wrote: />/> > Hi, />/> > 
> />/> > in the upcoming NetworkMager version they decided to drop support
> for />/> > "enterprise" devices in nm-applet, like bond, bridge, infiniband,
> team />/or />/> > vlan. The reason for this is that their usage on desktop is 
> not that />/> > common />/> > and mostly they just take space, like virbr0 
> (bridge) connection
> which />/is />/> > created automatically by virtualbox or libvirt and you 
> cannot remove />/it or />/> > do anything with it. Their preferred way to 
> configure/manage those />/devices />/> > is now nmcli. />/> > />/> > I 
> propose ignoring those devices only in the applet and keeping them />/only 
> />/> > in the editor where you should be still able to configure them and
> even />/> > activated them. />/> > />/> > NM change: />/> > 
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/ />/?id=4b8eade[1] 
> />/> > />/> > NM bug: />/> > 
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=753369[2] />/> > />/> > And btw. 
> gnome-shell also ignores those devices. />/> > />/> > What do you think? />/> 
> > />/> > Regards, />/> > Jan />/> />/> 
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