Bug#471172: Please add nvclock and toshset to laptop task
On Monday 17 March 2008, Joey Hess wrote: Frans Pop wrote: This should preferably not be done in the laptop task, but in the new discover, which supports installing packages based on specific PCI IDs. Except that these kind of laptop interfaces rarely have a PCI device accociated with them. Then use dmidecode, or check /proc, or whatever. The point is that tasks should avoid installing hardware-specific packages as much as possible and delegate that to something that can detect that they are actually needed. IIUC discover is intended to fill that gap. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Bug#471172: Please add nvclock and toshset to laptop task
Package: tasksel-data Version: 2.73-1 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi there, The acpi-support package has received numerous requests (see #410918, #434566, #457387, #438665, #445900) to move nvclock and toshset from the Depends list to the Recommends list. As these packages are actually required to make specific laptops function (and the goal of the acpi-support package is to make all laptops just work), this is only possible if these packages are installed by default by the laptop task. When this is done, acpi-support will move these dependencies to the Recommends list, so that people may remove these packages at will. A patch is attached. Cheers, Bart--- tasks/laptop-old 2008-03-16 15:00:35.0 +0100 +++ tasks/laptop 2008-03-16 15:12:56.0 +0100 @@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ apmd acpi acpi-support +# nvclock and toshset are Recommended by acpi-support, but should be installed +# by the laptop task because they are needed to make nv and toshset laptops +# just work. + nvclock + toshset pcmciautils wireless-tools wpasupplicant
Bug#471172: Please add nvclock and toshset to laptop task
On Sunday 16 March 2008, Bart Samwel wrote: The acpi-support package has received numerous requests (see #410918, #434566, #457387, #438665, #445900) to move nvclock and toshset from the Depends list to the Recommends list. As these packages are actually required to make specific laptops function (and the goal of the acpi-support package is to make all laptops just work), this is only possible if these packages are installed by default by the laptop task. When this is done, acpi-support will move these dependencies to the Recommends list, so that people may remove these packages at will. This should preferably not be done in the laptop task, but in the new discover, which supports installing packages based on specific PCI IDs. Help to get that in a state where it can be used by default in installations would be much appreciated. Cheers, FJP signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Bug#471172: Please add nvclock and toshset to laptop task
On Sun, March 16, 2008 14:37, Frans Pop wrote: On Sunday 16 March 2008, Bart Samwel wrote: The acpi-support package has received numerous requests (see #410918, #434566, #457387, #438665, #445900) to move nvclock and toshset from the Depends list to the Recommends list. As these packages are actually required to make specific laptops function (and the goal of the acpi-support package is to make all laptops just work), this is only possible if these packages are installed by default by the laptop task. When this is done, acpi-support will move these dependencies to the Recommends list, so that people may remove these packages at will. This should preferably not be done in the laptop task, but in the new discover, which supports installing packages based on specific PCI IDs. Help to get that in a state where it can be used by default in installations would be much appreciated. I appreciate your concern over this. When the new discover is up for it, of course I wouldn't mind dropping them again from the laptop task. But until that time, I'd like them to be included in the laptop task, just so that I can make acpi-support a little bit more sane. And to make *support* of acpi-support a little bit more sane as well: I'm getting a new request to reduce the dependencies about once a month, and purely defending the fact that I'm not fixing it has taken up more time than you can imagine. Regarding help with the discover package: normally I would love to help, but I'm already submerged up to my ears in work right now. And I'm expecting to become a dad somewhere in the next two weeks, so I don't think it will get any better any time soon. :-) Cheers, Bart
Bug#471172: Please add nvclock and toshset to laptop task
Frans Pop wrote: This should preferably not be done in the laptop task, but in the new discover, which supports installing packages based on specific PCI IDs. Except that these kind of laptop interfaces rarely have a PCI device accociated with them. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature
