Comment 659 for bug 59695

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 06:10, Steve Langasek
<email address hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:50:22AM -0000, Adam Porter wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 05:23, Steve Langasek
>> <email address hidden> wrote:
>> > The laptop-mode-tools in hardy already uses 254 by default, so no
>> > further upload of that package is needed in hardy.
>
>> Does that mean that all Hardy users need to do to fix this is to
>> enable laptop mode on AC and battery?
>
> If you were to enable laptop mode, that would address this issue. We still
> need to provide fixed packages so that this works out-of-the-box, using a
> better approach than suddenly turning laptop mode on for users a year after
> release.

Do you mean that laptop mode has other, undesirable consequences that
should be avoided by default? Do you know how it will be solved in
Hardy without laptop mode?

Sorry for the questions. I'm not sure if this is enough of an issue
for my laptop that I should enable laptop mode all the time, but I
think it's worth keeping an eye on it. The SMART value's percentage
is not changing that quickly, regardless of the raw value. I'm not
fully convinced, with the variations in individual drives, that anyone
really knows what the best solution is. But if you have advice, it
would be appreciated. I will probably be staying with Hardy for a
while.

Thanks for your work on this issue!