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
