Official Fedora Package #181

[LyesSaadi]

mbpfan is finally on official Fedora repository 🎉!

[gaul]

Thank you for your hard work! I noticed two things when installing on my MacBook:

• mbpfan did not start automatically after dnf install mbpfan. Does this start automatically on reboot? Can it start automatically after install?
• I noticed it runs as /usr/sbin/mbpfan -f. Is this the convention for systemd instead of daemonizing?

[LyesSaadi]

Thank you for your hard work!

You're welcome :)!

mbpfan did not start automatically after dnf install mbpfan. Does this start automatically on reboot?

No, I would have to go through a special request for that according to policy. But, does mbpfan « alter other services » by taking over the fans? If not, would you want me to go through the process?

Can it start automatically after install?

No, for reasons explained here.

I noticed it runs as /usr/sbin/mbpfan -f. Is this the convention for systemd instead of daemonizing?

Yep, for logs when doing systemctl status mbpfan. And, well, I'm using the provided systemd service.

Also, thank you for being patient and allowing me to be your Fedora maintainer for mbpfan :).

[gaul]

No, I would have to go through a special request for that according to policy. But, does mbpfan « alter other services » by taking over the fans? If not, would you want me to go through the process?

This sounds reasonable. Should the README or the post-install script suggest how to start mbpfan automatically?

Also, thank you for being patient and allowing me to be your Fedora maintainer for mbpfan :).

Thank you for bringing mbpfan to a wider audience!

[LyesSaadi]

This sounds reasonable.

So, do you want me to go through the process? I'm confused :/. What does sound reasonable, Fedora policy or going through the process :P. Please also bear in mind that only some services are enabled by default and none of them are hardware-dependent.

Should the README or the post-install script suggest how to start mbpfan automatically?

The README, as post-install scripts do not display any message with DNF. And there's already a section for that :)!

[gaul]

Let's not do anything special for Fedora. However I would like the instructions to be straightforward for beginning users who may not understand systemd. Looking at the README, it seems like the instructions may be stale for a few distributions. At least the Fedora section should suggest the systemd instructions?