Including tlp in Fedora Workstation by default

[David Sommerseth]

On 28/05/15 12:57, Richard Hughes wrote:
> On 28 May 2015 at 11:21, Nadim Kobeissi <nadim at nadim.computer> wrote:
>> 1: My understanding is that tlp ships with a default configuration that,
>> without any modification, will enable reasonable settings for power saving.
> 
> I think what the kernel is providing is reasonable, from a regression
> / feature point of view. I agree some of the kconfig options could be
> modified in a few cases, although this is the pain when we have a
> single kernel for all the different products.
> 
>> then the Fedora package can modify these defaults accordingly
>> while keeping the things we like and consider safe.
> 
> Do you think that the average user with a clicking sound card or disk
> corruption when suspending would be able to make the link to this new
> package?

Even better ... the integrated mouse pointer on my external ThinkPad USB
keyboard stops working if USB suspend is enabled for this device.

>> We shouldn't inhibit
>> progressively better Fedora user experience until the kernel is perfect;
>> this would mean years of waiting for regular users.
> 
> We shouldn't paper over the cracks. I've seen that again and again and
> it just stops being maintainable after a few years.

+1 ... If the kernel isn't perfect, lets make the kernel perfect instead.


Just my 2 cents.


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kind regards,

David Sommerseth