Bug#1019537: brightnessctl is likely better / Re: Bug#1019537: RFP: backlightctl -- Lightweight monitor backlight control utility
On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 02:30:22PM +0200, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name : backlightctl
> Upstream Author : P "hellerbarde" Stark
> * URL : https://github.com/hellerbarde/backlightctl
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>
> Upstream ships no formal release yet; it's been sitting in a github git repo
> since 2012. There's a cmake buildsystem supplied. No upstream manpage yet.
>
> I like it since it's pretty small and does _just_ what's needed; nothing more.
But maybe it's usefulness is debatable since we're shipping the more actively
maintained brightnessctl since at least buster/oldstable...
Bye,
Joost
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