It's already being done:
http://hezeh.org/packages/pool/main/m/mate-power-manager/

Btw, comparing that repo to Debian's reveals a difference in package
versions. hezeh.org has either 1.14.0 or 1.20.0 while Debian Stretch has
1.16.2 (and 1.18.1 in backports, as you've already mentioned). That may
as well be a problem.

Anyway, if you want MATE, it's probably best to use the hezeh.org repo,
currently.


msi

Am 23.06.2018 um 23:29 schrieb Svante Signell:
> Forking a package like that is an overkill. Devuan does not have
> resources enough to be that picky :(
>
> On Sat, 2018-06-23 at 23:10 +0200, Michael Siegel wrote:
>> I'd say it's a consistency issue. A package should never depend on
>> anything that you can definitely not install (because it's not in the
>> repos), should it?
>>
>> Maybe AntoFox's version was not yet available when ASCII was released
>> or slipped through somehow. I don't know.
>>
>>
>> msi
>>
>> Am 23.06.2018 um 22:53 schrieb Svante Signell:
>>> Michael,
>>>
>>> Yes, it depends on policykit-1 | systemd.
>>> But as you know both policykit-1 is available :)
>>> And as I wrote, it works fine in my ASCII-mate installation!
>>> Why bother about a second dependency on systemd?
>>> AntoFox??
>>>
>>> On Sat, 2018-06-23 at 22:34 +0200, Michael Siegel wrote:
>>>> I think that's because it depends on either systemd or
>>>> consolekit.
>>>> The modified package from AntoFox will most certainly have this
>>>> dependency alternative removed and could therefore be integrated
>>>> into
>>>> Devuan without problems, I guess.
>>>>
>>>> msi
>>>>
>>>> Am 23.06.2018 um 22:21 schrieb Svante Signell:
>>>>> Hi, that package is still banned. Why?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 2018-06-19 at 08:37 +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> looking at https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/bannedpackages.txt I
>>>>>> find
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> mate-power-manager is banned:
>>>>>> ascii-backports,mate-power-manager
>>>>>> ascii,mate-power-manager
>>>>>> beowulf,mate-power-manager
>>>>>> jessie,mate-power-manager
>>>>>> unstable,mate-power-manager
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have compiled and run 1.16.2-1+deb9u1 from stretch on ASCII
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> works fine.
>>>>>> So at least
>>>>>> ascii-backports,mate-power-manager
>>>>>> ascii,mate-power-manager
>>>>>> should be removed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is also a newer version 1.18.1-3~bpo9+1 from stretch-
>>>>>> backports
>>>>>> available but that version requires upgrading of mate-common
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> libmate-panel-applet-dev to 1.18.1-3~bpo9+1, which would need
>>>>>> an
>>>>>> upgrade of the whole mate-desktop-environment, and that is
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> possible
>>>>>> currently. I have not investigated too deep into that matter
>>>>>> though.
>>>>>
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