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[Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> @Ted; both suspend and hibernate need to be opt-in, e.g. if we are
unsure they are disabled by default

With my desktop TL hat on, I veto this. See comment 5 for the details,
which haven't gotten any response yet.

Disabling a working suspend functionality on a lot of hardware out there
just because we don't know about it is providing a very poor service to
our users. Conversely, enabling it on known boxes is still not going to
magically fix the bugs which break suspend/hibernate in some cases. We
need to get the actual bugs fixed!

Would you stop shipping GNOME, Evolution, or Firefox, just because they
have some bugs which sometimes crash them in some circumstances?

** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/812394

Title:
  Disable suspend/hibernate options when they are not supported

Status in Ayatana Design:
  New
Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Id like to proposse a change in the design of Power preferences in the
  GNOME control center: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Power

  Instead going throuh the "certification" path, we can simply disable
  the options about suspend/hibernate if Its not supported in the
  current hardware (we have api for this in upower)

  I think this solution is more scalable, as we do not need to maintain
  a database with "certified" hardware. Also, we can add a button or a
  informative text when suspend/hibernate doesnt work to guide the users
  about what to do.

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