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diff --git a/doc/website/index.htm b/doc/website/index.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4c4b375 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/website/index.htm @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> +<html> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"> +<meta name="robots" content="index,follow"> +<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" charset="utf-8" media="all" href="common.css"> +<title>UPower</title> +</head> +<body> +<h1>UPower</h1> +<p> +<img src="img/battery.png" alt="[image of a battery]"> +</p> +<p> +UPower is an abstraction for enumerating power devices, +listening to device events and querying history and statistics. +Any application or service on the system can access the +<code>org.freedesktop.UPower</code> service via the system message bus. +Some operations (such as suspending the system) are restricted using <a href="http://hal.freedesktop.org/docs/PolicyKit/">PolicyKit</a>. +</p> +<p> +UPower was <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/devkit-devel/2009-December/000567.html"> +once called DeviceKit-power</a>. +UPower aims to make a large chunk of HAL redundant, as HAL is officially +<a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2008-May/011560.html">deprecated</a>. +</p> +<p> +UPower is also useful to control the +<a href="http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2008/11/06/devicekit-power-latency-control/"> +latency of different operations</a> on your computer, +which enables you to save significant amounts of power. +Nothing much uses this interface yet, but this is a classic chicken and egg scenario, +and I think it's important to encourage the egg to lay a chicken. +Please report any problems to the +<a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/devkit-devel">DeviceKit</a> +mailing list. +</p> +<p> +Documentation is available <a href="docs/">here</a>. +</p> +<p> +Releases are available <a href="releases/">here</a>. +</p> +<p> +The source is managed using Git. +You can <a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/upower/">browse</a> the +repository using cgit or clone it using the following command: +</p> +<pre> +$ git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/upower +</pre> +<p class="footer"> +Copyright <a href="mailto:richard@hughsie.com">Richard Hughes 2007-2010</a><br> +<a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer">Optimized</a> +for <a href="http://www.w3.org/">standards</a>. +</p> +</body> +</html> + |