Re: [PATCH] provision: allow duplicate apn's from mbpi

[Denis Kenzior <denkenz@gmail.com>]

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Hi Martin,

On 01/02/2019 05:50 AM, Martin Hundebøll wrote:
> Let the user/connection-manager decide what to do with duplicate apn
> entries instead of bailing out with an error.
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>   plugins/provision.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

While seemingly trivial, this actually has a huge impact on user 
experience.  The problem is that there's no good meta-data for the user 
to make the decision as to which service is the one they want.

Also, I'm not sure how this impacts connman?  In theory it is supposed 
to auto-activate the internet context, and if there are multiple one of 
these, I'm not sure if it gets confused?

The typical guidance is that if a database contains potential 
duplicates, then a UI Wizard is needed to guide the user to choose the 
appropriate one and provision the context that way.

Alternatively, provide a provisioning database without conflicts, 
perhaps specific to the users / operators you're targeting.

Regards,
-Denis