Bug#930869: Please keep pm-utils
On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 09:13:51AM +0100, Andras Korn wrote:
> I just stumbled on this bugreport.
>
> I'm a happy pm-utils user and would like the package to stick around. I use
> it on dozens of computers ranging from servers to desktops to laptops.
>
> From reading the bugreport, there doesn't appear to be any identifiable,
> specific, actionable reason for removing it, does there?
There's none as far as I can tell, indeed.
After a thought, even cleaning away the quirks would be counterproductive.
They apply to old i386 machines that need real mode BIOS calls; while I and
most of us have no such hardware to test, it's still used by some users.
But keeping such i386 support is not _my_ itch to scratch, I personally
wouldn't cry if those parts were trimmed away.
Thus:
* on old buggy hardware pm-utils works while new stuff doesn't
* on old non-buggy, and on modern hardware, pm-utils works and is more
convenient to use (eg. on headless boxes)
Ie, this bug report is outright bogus. Without even a single identifiable
actionable problem, there's nothing to fix.
Meow!
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