Hello, I'm creating a port of Intel's "powertop" application. (Yes, I'm aware that the ecarux ports collection already contains one; but I'm doing this as a learning experience). This application has enabled me to tweak my system and thus extend my laptop's battery. So, how does a port get included in opt or contrib? I imagine it gets included iff: (Benefit of using package) >= (Effort of maintaining package) If this is true, then I present an up to date Pkgfile in the hopes that you find it useful (addictive) enough to warrant inclusion. I'm currently using it to track changes in the xorg-xf86-video-intel driver. Specifically, if using Xv vs textures is the most energy efficient method to play full screen videos. Chris
Chris Pemberton wrote:
Hello,
I'm creating a port of Intel's "powertop" application. (Yes, I'm aware that the ecarux ports collection already contains one; but I'm doing this as a learning experience).
This application has enabled me to tweak my system and thus extend my laptop's battery.
So, how does a port get included in opt or contrib? I imagine it gets included iff:
(Benefit of using package) >= (Effort of maintaining package)
If this is true, then I present an up to date Pkgfile in the hopes that you find it useful (addictive) enough to warrant inclusion.
I'm currently using it to track changes in the xorg-xf86-video-intel driver. Specifically, if using Xv vs textures is the most energy efficient method to play full screen videos.
Chris
I forgot to include the Pkgfile... # Description: A tool that helps you find what software is using the most power # URL: http://www.linuxpowertop.org # Maintainer: Chris Pemberton, cjpembo at gmail dot com name=powertop version=1.7 release=1 source=(http://www.linuxpowertop.org/download/powertop-1.7.tar.gz) build() { cd $name-$version make make DESTDIR=$PKG install rm -rf $PKG/usr/share/locale/ }
On 6/19/07, Chris Pemberton <cjpembo@gmail.com> wrote:
So, how does a port get included in opt or contrib?
contrib: see http://crux.nu/Main/ContribRules opt: if a CRUX maintainer finds the port useful to himself (and others) and is willing to maintain it, he might add it to opt - Antti
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