Re: [PATCH] Fix power checking on OS X
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:53 AM, Panagiotis Astithas <pastith@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Panagiotis Astithas <pastith@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The output of "pmset -g batt" changed at some point from
>>> "Currently drawing from 'AC Power'" to the slightly different
>>> "Now drawing from 'AC Power'". Starting the match from "drawing"
>>> makes the check work in both old and new versions of OS X.
>>
>> Would it make sense to try to future-proof this further by searching
>> only for "'AC" (including the leading single-quote) or just "AC"
>> (without the leading quote)?
>>
>> (Genuine question. I don't have a strong feeling about it.)
>
> It's a reasonable idea, although I'm wondering what are the odds of
> pmset changing to output a string when running on battery in the
> future, containing something like "no longer on 'AC Power'". That's
> probably too far out though.
That was my concern, as well, hence not feeling strongly about it.
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>