[Pkg-acpi-devel] Bug#579554: acpi-support: power.sh is not run if power adapter is unplugged while system is on standby

[John Lindgren]

On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 12:13 +0200, Michael Meskes wrote:
> > I'm looking at it from the user's standpoint: if there is a script to
> > respond to changes in the power supply, then that script should be run,
> > for consistency's sake, even if the actual physical change occurs while
> > the system is on standby.  As to how that would actually be implemented,
> > my idea is that the kernel should emit some sort of a trigger when the
> > system comes out of standby, just as it does when an ACPI event occurs.
> 
> I absolutely agree. However, this is our of the realm of the acpi-support 
> package. This package only offers scripts that are run in reaction to an ACPI 
> event, which as we all know is not triggered. Therefore I cannot see a bug in 
> acpi-support despite agreeing in that the situation is unsatisfying in 
> general.

Since you agree that there is a problem, whether it lie in acpi-support
or not, this bug should be assigned to the package where the problem
lies -- maybe the kernel -- but not closed.  Maybe power management
should be rethought and a package created which is oriented toward
real-world power events, not just a particular protocol such as ACPI.

Peace,
John Lindgren