[aur-general] move acerhk to [unsupported]?

Ray Rashif schiv at archlinux.org
Thu Nov 11 14:56:06 CET 2010


On 11 November 2010 20:32, Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh at lutzhaase.com> wrote:
> On 11.11.2010 11:54, Christopher Brannon wrote:
>> It won't build against kernel 2.6.36.  There hasn't been a release in a
>> long time.  According to the homepage, the upstream author is no longer
>> actively supporting it.  IMHO, it should move.  I could make more of an
>> effort to patch it if someone is *really* interested.
>>
>> -- Chris
> I'm using acerhk but I also have suspend trouble with it. It effectively
> stops working after the first suspend/resume cycle and I manually have
> to reload the module a few seconds after resuming.
> I could do without it. If it doesn't work with kernel 2.6.36, don't make
> the effort to patch it. Only rather old Acer laptops need it. Newer
> models seem to work with the in-kernel modules.
>
> I appreciate your effort for acerhk so far.

+1 drop.

If only really old Acer laptops need it, then really a minority needs
it. In that case, AUR works best.


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