Bug#665466: task-laptop: Should no more depend on apmd
retitle 665466 task-laptop: Should no more recommend apmd
severity 665466 minor
kthxbye
Axel Beckert wrote:
> task-laptop currently depends on apmd.
s/depends/Recommends/
Nevertheless it's installed by default since Recommends are installed
by default. Additionally that way apmd is lifted to the same level as
acpi-* which seems wrong for the same reason:
> But the description of apmd says:
>
> Since lenny Debian kernels are not built with APM support anymore. You
> need to compile a kernel with apm support enabled to use this
> package. You need to boot the kernel with the "apm=on" option if you
> want to enable the driver.
>
> In most cases, users may want to know that there are newer power
> management schemes, like ACPI.
>
> So IMHO task-laptop should drop the Depends on apmd or at most convert
> it to a Suggests.
s/Depends/Recommends/, too, so that it's no more installed by default.
Regards, Axel
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