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From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: rich0@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: UPower upstream (git master) and 0.99 release -> No sys-power/pm-utils support anymore
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:49:04
Message-Id: 20140603174805.2e8b33d7@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: UPower upstream (git master) and 0.99 release -> No sys-power/pm-utils support anymore by Rich Freeman
1 On Tue, 3 Jun 2014 10:09:42 -0400
2 Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Maybe in these cases the PM should make it more clear that
5 > there was an alternative option.
6
7 Yes, Portage could also be helped out with some output improvements.
8
9 It requires an analysis on its own, among the kind of collecting "bad
10 non understandable output" and the solution to it; then try to make up
11 "favorable output" for it. After which it has to be seen if the needed
12 information can be obtained, as well as the algorithms for that
13 favorable output can be implemented.
14
15 Somewhere in that flow we also need to have some kind of quality review
16 cycle to see if the "favorable output" helps; otherwise, it could make
17 the situation worse instead of better.
18
19 Because, really, ...
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21 http://bpaste.net/raw/Pp9Iv18ehzzHKVbm4Sbe/
22
23 ... does not give away upower as a root blocker cause; even going
24 further than that, it doesn't suggest upower-pm-utils as an alternative.
25
26 --
27 With kind regards,
28
29 Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
30 Gentoo Developer
31
32 E-mail address : TomWij@g.o
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