[Savannah-hackers] submission of power-utils - savannah.gnu.org

[Simon . Richter]

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Simon Richter <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: other
Other License: GPL V2, with the exception that non-free software may be
linked to the shared library as long as only certain header
files (interface for application programs) are used.

Licensing issues are currently being sorted out, it is
likely that the entire package is under the GPL, but with
the special exception that the library may be linked with non-free parts to 
form an executable, but only if the
non-free parts use only certain header files. The point is
that non-free software might need to use power management
features, so it is allowed to link, but we\'d like to avoid
supporting proprietary power management standards (which
would be allowed if we placed the library under the LGPL).

Package: power-utils
System name: power-utils
Type: GNU

Description:
The goal of the project is to provide a standardized interface to
power management features on GNU systems (GNU/Linux, GNU/Hurd, ...).
The main part is a shared library, which contains some framework to
load plugins, which do the actual work (as PM differs with platform,
PM standard used, kernel and kernel version). Additionally, a set of
utilities shall be provided for command-line access to PM functions.
The ultimate goal (as soon as these parts are finished) is to add a
power management policy manager daemon that can be instructed e.g. to
automatically suspend the system after five minutes of inactivity.

This is eventually scheduled to become the standard interface to ACPI
on Linux systems, but we try to keep it generic in order to be able to
support the Hurd later.

Current status is that battery support is being implemented (as this
is what users are asking for), but nothing more exists yet.

Other Software Required:
 - gcc (for compilation)
 - g++ (testing of C++ bindings in \"make check\", not required for compilation)
 - texinfo (for documentation)


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