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 * '''Launchpad Entry''': UbuntuSpec:pm-utils-integration
 * '''Packages affected''': 

== Notes ==

''Notes from meeting at UDS-Boston 2007-10-30 chaired by mjg59.''

Current Ubuntu infrastructure:
 * acpi-support "bunch of shell scripts"
  * downside: files live in /etc/acpi-support/* so are conf files
  * Suspend/Hibernate regressions per release

Current Fedora infrastructure:
 * pm-utils: HAL/FDI file based
  * Can download files from a website that might fix your machine
 * Already in Debian and synced over.

Plan:
 * Port `acpi-supports` quirks over to `pm-utils`
 * Release-note change-over for those running funky (eg. server-only)
 * pm-utils to be included in main
 * HAL scripts to be updated to call pm-utils (may already be done)
 * fix up `pmi` (powermanager-interface) for backwards compatibility
 * Replace acpi-support conffiles with empty stubs "This doesn't do anything"
 * acpi-support will still be around for sending key events

Why:
 * Use the same "standardised" infrastructure as Fedora.
  * More testing. 

Dependancies:
 * Change Ubuntu-base to bring in `pm-utils`.
 * `acpi-support` will stick around.
 * `acpi-support` needs to depend on `pm-utils` to carry on providing equivalent functionality.

Future:
 * ACPI->keycode mapping will be done in-kernel in the future.
 * rf_kill being moved to mixture of kernel and network-manager.
 * Docking handled in kernel
 * Brightness handled by gnome-power-manager/KDE equivalent.
 * Tablet rotation, kernel event (KEY_ROTATE) and gnome-settings-daemon

Other:
 * Needs hotplug PNP support (serial port on docking station for X60s)
 * Video switching: gnome-settings-daemon -> xrandr --auto (RANDR 2.0).
 * Define extra kernel keycodes (eg. Trackpad toggle)

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