Re: Restore the "Ask me" behavior on power button press

[Matthias Clasen <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Cosimo Cecchi <cosimoc gnome org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 08:33 +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:
>
>> I can't access https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643976 yet,
>> so I can't remember the reason for this change. I was just asked to
>> remove the feature for gnome-power-manager. From my point of view, I
>> suppose a button press should probably just do an instant action,
>> rather than present a dialog box.
>
> I think it's fine to be able to choose that, and the default would still
> be instant suspend as it is now.
>
>> I'll hold off any release until we're either fixed the UI or
>> re-instated the feature.
>
> Thanks; I guess this is now up to the release team then.

I agree that it is best to re-wire the 'ask' option, but leaving the
default to not ask.
The power/suspend changes have been controversial, and leaving the
'ask' escape hatch may help us a bit there.

So +1 for the proposed change from me.