User login controller "patch"

[Robert Nicholson]

Well that saves having to use NetworkLocation app to do that.  
Currently I launch a separate applescript to setup my proxy settings  
for when I'm at work. and I have a separate script that I run when I'm  
off their network and not behind a proxy so this is a welcome addition.

The idea is to have only one account that can be configured (based on  
location). Not many accounts one for each location.

I support anything that allows rules to determine location and attach  
profiles to how the account is configured.

such rules can include network ie. ip address, airport basestation  
presence or external drive volumes.

On Jun 4, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Zachary West wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Someone in #adium-devl has been working on something that I've been
> hard-lining against, so I figured I'd bring it here for discussion.
>
> His idea is to add network awareness to the login controller (option
> when starting Adium), so a user profile is tied to a location.
>
> As a totally not-user-facing and not-supported-in-the-least-bit
> feature of Adium, not to mention one that lacks a way to switch users
> without restarting Adium, or any number of problems (total preference
> loss, total log loss, etc, on switching) I've been vehemently against
> accepting any patch that uses the login controller.
>
> I wanted to gauge devel's level of agreement with me. I don't think
> any patch which relies on the login controller should be accepted, and
> this is better served as a general "this account in this network",
> etc, part of an advanced preference (if at all).
>
> Zac
>