I like the idea but instead of tweaking the /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla line then maybe add a GUI to show what buttons the user wants to show in the shutdown chocies.
Thanks, Benny Age 12. On 01/02/2011, Rick Spencer <rick.spen...@canonical.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > This email is to get some feedback and discussion about an idea under > consideration for Ubuntu in Natty. > > Natty is currently NOT showing the Hibernate option in the list of > shutdown choices. This is currently an experiment, but I thought it > might be worth discussing the pros and cons on these lists as well. > > The reasoning for hiding Hibernate includes: > 1. It doesn't work well for many users on many machines. > 2. It's very slow. > 3. It's not as useful because users can just suspend. > 4. The difference between hibernate and suspend is confusing. > 5. There is a lot of work involved with verifying that Hibernates works > and fixing bugs to ensure that it works. This work is not always > completed, and the work that does get done can be channeled to other > useful areas. (In other words, fewer bugs through fewer features to > support). > > However, Hibernate works well for some users, so this will be a painful > regression[1]. > > Please note that currently: > 1. No decision has been taken, it's just an experiment and is very open > to discussion at this point. > 2. The feature is hidden in the UI, but can be turned back on by > tweaking, > /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla > 3. The desktop team decided that session saving (in Gnome) is > unsalvagable, so removing hibernate would mean that there is no way to > save state across powerdowns/powerups.[2] > > So, thoughts, discussion, feedback, options, suggestions, rants, raves, > etc... ? > > Cheers, Rick > > [1] https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/710796 > [2] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/2011-January/002734.html > > > > > -- > ubuntu-devel mailing list > ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel > -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel