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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Deprecating sys-power/speedfreq
From:       Greg Hasseler <ghassel1 () twcny ! rr ! com>
Date:       2005-04-26 20:24:24
Message-ID: 200504261624.24933.ghassel1 () twcny ! rr ! com
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On Monday 25 April 2005 07:30 pm, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 16:09 -0400, Greg Hasseler wrote:
> > On Monday 25 April 2005 03:55 pm, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > The sys-power/speedfreq package has not seen an upstream release in
> > > more than a year, and it is superseded in every way by
> > > sys-power/cpufreqd (which, in turn, is actively maintained by
> > > upstream).
> > >
> > > There are currently 5 open bugs about sys-power/speedfreq in Gentoo
> > > bugzilla - most of them indicating that it needs rather large changes
> > > to be useful.
> > >
> > > If no one objects (and claims the package + fixes the open bugs) I will
> > > add sys-power/speedfreq to package.mask in a week from now.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Brix
> >
> > Once sys-power/speedfreq is masked (well, if it gets masked), the power
> > management guide at
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/power-management-guide.xml#doc_chap3 should
> > probably be updated to remove sys-power/speedfreq from the text, or at a
> > minimum from the recommended daemon.
>
> Good catch - I've added Dennis to CC: on this mail :)
>
> Sincerely,
> Brix

Well, I was following the guide the other day so it was fresh in my mind :-D 
Gosh I love the smell of new laptop!

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