Bug#580429: Please disable hal support / battstat applet

[Joachim Breitner]

reopen 580429
retitle 580429 Please provide battstat applet again
severity 580429 wishlist 
submitter 580429 !
thanks

Hi,

Am Donnerstag, den 06.05.2010, 00:58 +0200 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> as we eventually want to get rid of hal [1], I checked where it is used
> within gnome-applets. It seems, only the battstat (battstat/*) applet
> still requires hal.
> There are two options:
> 1/ Disable hal support in battstat (--disable-hal configure switch). It
> seems to have fallback code so it should still be operational.
> 2/ Remove battstat completely (--disable-battstat configure switch).
> Does it still have any useful features (over gnome-power-manager), that
> make it worthwile to keep?
> 
> I'd lean towards 2/ but leave the decision up to you.

I’m a user of the battstat applet and was surprised to find it defunct
in the latest version. I has a look at the gnome-power-manager display,
but found it inferior to the applet:
 * At least on my vertical panel, the gnome-power-manager icon was
shorter than the applet, thus provided a less exact view on the battery
status.
 * g-p-m puts it in the _notification_ area, although it provides (at
least when permanently on) status information that I would like to place
freely on the panel, next to other status informations. This ways, it is
always at the same position, no matter how many notifications I am
receiving.

I’d be grateful if the applet could come back.

Thanks,
Joachim

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