I don't know if that is still a goal for FC6. It would be nice, at least for laptops
See also bug #171348
From what jrb said, the plan was to have it turned on by default if the package is installed, and make sure the package is installed in relevant configurations.
not yet.
IMHO Network manager is not yet complete. It does not allow one to save static IP address information. There is network configurations where using host configuration protocols is not possible. For example my home network with public address space and a bridging DSL gw. This should be quite easy to implement anyway.
Not going to make FC7 at this point
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On by default for F9...