Re: GNOME Power Manager

[Bryan Clark <bclark redhat com>]

Rodney Dawes wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 16:03 -0400, Bryan Clark wrote:
>  
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> > Richard Hughes wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > 24th April is the end of new modules proposal period.
> > >
> > > Are there any unaddressed concerns or questions regarding
> > > gnome-power-manager that people want to ask?
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > FWIW I think this project is awesome and should be 'blessed' into GNOME, 
> > it's made a large improvement to power issues the desktop has had for a 
> > while now.  I'd recommend dropping the batstat applet in favor of this, 
> > while batstat is great we really only need one battery 'applet thing' in 
> > GNOME.
> >    
>
> What do I use for my machines where I must run a Linux 2.4 kernel
> then? :) Or what about BSD or other systems? I am fine with including
> GPM, but we can't just let all of our current users hanging without a
> functioning battery applet.
>
>  
It's always hard to be everything to everyone.  Just like other 
applications that have been replaced we probably need a solution for 
that transition.  What are your ideas on how to handle all the current 
battery applet users?

~ Bryan