Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 May 2006 10:37:36 +0200 | From | Bart Samwel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 10/14/] Doc. sources: expose laptop-mode |
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Randy.Dunlap wrote: > On Mon, 22 May 2006 07:23:13 +0200 Bart Samwel wrote: >> Point for discussion: should the laptop_mode script really still be in >> laptop-mode.txt? AFAIK most distros use laptop-mode-tools or use their >> own scripts to control this. Furthermore, the existing script is mostly >> unmaintained, and it is full of bugs that were fixed long ago in >> laptop-mode-tools (which was originally a fork of the script). I think >> it would be better to replace it with a bit of documentation on which >> things a laptop mode control script *should* tweak, *may want to* tweak, >> etc., accompanied by an explanation why these tweaks are needed. I.e, an >> "annotated spec", as one would expect to find in documentation. I'll >> submit a patch to this effect when I find some time. > > If it's really so unmaintained and mostly replaced, sounds like it should > be removed. OTOH, if you want to keep several source files and/or > scripts, I would prefer to see a laptop-mode subdirectory for them.
I'm all for completely removing the script, so no subdirectories needed as far as I'm concerned. I'll submit a patch to replace the script by some text explaining what such a script should do.
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