https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501057
Bug ID: 501057
Summary: New EU regulations coming into force in May requires
warnings when disabling power management features
Classification: Applications
Product: systemsettings
Version: master
Platform: Fedora RPMs
URL: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/826/oj/eng
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: critical
Priority: NOR
Component: kcm_powerdevil
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: ngomp...@gmail.com
CC: k...@privat.broulik.de, natalie_clar...@yahoo.de
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Starting in May of this year, a new EU directive is coming into force about
power management that requires computers that offer the ability to disable
power management functions to warn users of the consequence of increased energy
consumption when doing so.
The exact wording in question is under Section 2, Functional requirements:
> (5) The equipment may offer the user the option to deactivate the
> power management function. In such cases the users shall be warned
> about the increased energy consumption of that action.
> That warning shall be included in the instruction manuals and,
> where applicable, be made available on the displays integrated in or
> connected to the equipment, excluding information or status displays.
> That option shall not be part of the installation procedure of the
> equipment and shall require a separate user action on the equipment.
We do not yet have this in our UI and we need this to be implemented fairly
soon because not having it will prevent KDE Plasma from shipping on devices in
Europe once this goes into effect.
So we need some kind of in-place warning to users that turning off default
power management features will result in increased energy consumption.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 42 (KDE Plasma)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I was informed of this as part of discussions around Fedora KDE preloads by a
major OEM, and there is a similar issue with GNOME on this too:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/3353
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