[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Anyone want to maintain acpid?

[Meyithi]

On 8 May 2011 14:52, Damjan <gdamjan at gmail.com> wrote:

> >>> For some reason, I am assigned as a maintainer for acpid, but I never
> >>> actually touched it. It is out of date and has a number of bugs. Any
> takers?
> >>
> >> I though this had been deprecated for years? Are there still some
> >> relevant use cases? If so, there is a new version in AUR:
> >> <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33871>.
> >
> > People still use it. What has been deprecated is the /proc/acpi/event
> > interface.
> >
> > Though, most acpi events are now translated to input events.
>
> Even when they are, acpid still has its use to handle these events on a
> system level, no matter if you have a user session (*DE) running or if
> you even have X running.
>
> My use case is to handle the suspend and hibernate buttons.
>
>
> --
> дамјан
>

Yup, I use acpid for suspend functions bound to button and lid events as
well as running scripts depending if on ac or power.

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