[PATCH] Turn Powerdevil suspend notification into a dialog

Sebastian Kügler sebas at kde.org
Tue Sep 22 21:54:40 BST 2009


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On Tuesday 22 September 2009 17:16:41 you wrote:
> Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> > On Tuesday 22 September 2009 14:19:57 Aurélien Gâteau wrote:
> >> What do you think about this?
> >
> > 
> > NAK. The notification comes from the system, the workspace (which is
> > where powerdevil  lives) not from an application, it's also where other
> > notifications of system hardware state come from (network connected,
> > power connected, ...) that's where it should stay.
> 
> This is a notification about an event which is more serious than network 
> connected: you could even loose data if you configured your machine to 
> shutdown when running out of power. That's why I believe it makes sense 
> to use a dialog here.

It won't look like it belongs with the rest of the system. I think that using a 
dialog here is a step back from an integration point of view.
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sebas

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