On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 3:02 AM Silvia Sánchez <bhkohane(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Heya!
I don't think that leaving this default behaviour will do any good. First
because suspending a live image doesn't makes much sense, second because if
it doesn't work properly it will only cause problems and complaints, and
last but not least, because people may get upset or confused when the live
distro suspends after a relatively short time. I mean, if I wasn't aware
of this behaviour and I would find it by the first time, I would think it a
bug; and if it doesn't work properly I'll be upset.
I would rather prefer to prevent this scenario. Particularly because I
don't see the benefits.
Maybe someone can throw some light? What are the benefits?
20 minutes of idleness is not really 'a short time' - not like it will
suspend while you are pausing to collect your thoughts in the middle of an
email.
The benefit is that this default is compliant with power saving regulations
in various regions.
As to whether we should change it or not, that depends on how important we
consider the 'running uninstalled' use case. Every
change from the default that we do for it adds some extra cost
and makes the 'run live' case weaker for 'trying it out' - you end
up trying something that behaves differently from the real thing...