Bug#971943: task-laptop: Add tlp and thermald
Control: tags -1 + wontfix
Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote (Sun, 11 Oct 2020 23:34:48 +0100):
> Power-saving modes are (unfortunately) a major source of bugs in
> hardware, firmware, and drivers. For that reason we should be cautious
> about enabling them. Currently device power-saving policies are mostly
> set by kernel drivers, and where they enable a power-saving mode by
> default they also tend to have long lists of workarounds for buggy
> devices.
>
> I don't think a task should include programs that override our kernel's
> defaults, as tlp appears to do. If we decide those defaults are bad
> then I think we should fix them in our kernel.
>
> As for thermald, I understand that it is important for some newer
> laptops. Does it quietly do nothing on other models?
Tagging this as wontfix for now
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Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
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