On Tuesday, June 03, 2014 04:46:18 PM Samuli Suominen wrote: > On 03/06/14 16:40, Tom Wijsman wrote: > > On Tue, 03 Jun 2014 16:28:47 +0300 > > > > Samuli Suominen <ssuomi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> On 03/06/14 16:20, Tom Wijsman wrote: > >>> Ehm, no, version 0.9.23-r3 controls that with a systemd USE flag; > >> > >> No, it doesn't. > > > > Nevermind, `cvs up`-ed; heh, I don't understand how you've got to > > that change, I thought there only was a problem with 0.99.0? > > > >>> in comparison, 0.99.0 mainly wants you to run it with systemd: > >> "mainly", as in, since 0.99.0 removed support for hibenate/suspend > >> in favour of systemd, the power/session managers need to integrate > >> their own hibernate/suspend support diffently. > > > > Ah, right; thinking of MATE, I understand the 0.99.0 bit now. > > > >>> 26 May 2014; Samuli Suominen <ssuomi...@gentoo.org> > >>> upower-0.99.0.ebuild: This release is mainly for use with > >>> sys-apps/systemd because upstream removed support for > >>> sys-power/pm-utils completely from git master. The 0.9 branch is > >>> > >>> for sys-power/pm-utils use. Adjust ebuild accordingly. > >>> > >>> Though I'm a bit confused why 0.99.0 doesn't list a systemd > >>> dependency; I thought it had one, but maybe it is in another > >>> package I'm unaware of. > >> > >> Outdated ChangeLog entry from March, those were the facts we dealt > >> back then, > >> only partly true anymore, consumers have evolved > > > > Which means that the situation I am assuming right now is outdated; so, > > if you don't mind feel free to highlight why 0.9.23-r3 needs systemd. > > To prevent OpenRC users from installing this version because it's > an old UPower with no pm-utils support, with no hibernate/suspend support, > to ensure desktops don't end up with greyed out Hibernate/Suspend > buttons > To direct users to upower-pm-utils, or upower-0.99.0, or plain pm-utils, or > other > To indicate OpenRC users can't stay with sys-power/upower older than 0.99.0 > because they are going away, to indicate this is the best time to make > informed decision and take manual action regarding choosing which > features set he/she wants, to read up upstream announcements regarding > UPower, to follow-up and do what admins do
All this should have been in a news item, BEFORE it got stabilized. -- Joost
