[Bugs] #616 UNSP: battery device: replace HAL with DeviceKit-power (was: battery device: fail gracefully if hald is not running)

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#616: battery device: replace HAL with DeviceKit-power
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    Reporter:  sascha_silbe               |          Owner:  tomeu            
        Type:  task                       |         Status:  new              
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  0.90             
   Component:  sugar                      |        Version:  Git as of bugdate
    Severity:  Major                      |       Keywords:                   
Distribution:  Unspecified                |   Status_field:  New              
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Changes (by sascha_silbe):

  * priority:  Low => Unspecified by Maintainer
  * type:  defect => task
  * severity:  Minor => Major
  * milestone:  0.86 => 0.90


Comment:

 HAL is finally going to die. gnome-power-manager seems to use
 [http://hal.freedesktop.org/docs/DeviceKit-power DeviceKit-power] for the
 battery and power management part.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs-testing.sugarlabs.org/ticket/616#comment:2>
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