On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 10:08 PM Matthieu Gallien < gallien.matth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I am trying to work on a feature request to add the ability to suppress > laptop > sleep when playing music. > > Currently, Juk is doing it via dbus calls to > "org.kde.Solid.PowerManagement". > > I also had a look to Solid frameworks and the power classes that add an > asynchronous way to do that. > Currently, the Solid framework only conditionally provides those features > and > it seems distributions (at least Debian) do not always build it. > > I am also unsure about the current recommended solution that would work > for > most desktop environments. > > What would be the best way forward ? > > I can also see some other features that could make sense to provide in > libraries that music players could use (lyrics fetching, album art > fetching, > ...). This could be in a dedicated framework to help build media players. > > Best regards > > -- > Matthieu Gallien > > > Solid only does this conditionally because it was a WIP work that never was finished. I'd say having nice async API in solid, kdbusaddons or wherever could be useful. Aleix
