On Thursday, 11 April 2024 16:18:51 BST Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 11 April 2024 16:15:52 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Thursday, 11 April 2024 16:08:35 BST Michael wrote: > > > On Thursday, 11 April 2024 13:49:18 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > --->8 > > > > > > I decided to establish a firm, clean system to fall back to after > > > > messing > > > > about with the various wifi packages, so I built a fresh system > > > > building > > > > on the merged-usr stage-3. I was surprised to find that kde-plasma/ > > > > powerdevil now insists on installing Network Manager unless I set > > > > USE=- > > > > wireless against it. > > > > > > > > Why has this happened? Can't the poor power devil cope with any other > > > > way > > > > of running WiFi? > > > > > > The USE="wireless" flag on powerdevil is needed to save energy when the > > > bluetooth/wireless chip is idle. This function could be useful with > > > laptops running on battery. > > > > > > If you set USE="-networkmanager" in make.conf and USE="-wireless" for > > > the > > > powerdevil package you won't be bothered by this again. > > > > I already had USE="-networkmanager" in make.conf. > > > > This is not a laptop and it has no battery. Nowhere on the system is there > > any hint to the contrary, so I still think this has not been thought > > through. The logic should have included alternatives to Network Manager. > > Yes, I agree wholeheartedly. However, these decisions are taken upstream, > where there is a tendency of convergence to monoculture.
Sorry, but I disagree with that last. The ebuild could have contained suitable logic, and it still could. -- Regards, Peter.
