[Openhpi-devel] libsysfs deprecation

[Bryan S. <Bry...@hp...>]

I received a bug report warning that libsysfs is likely to be deprecated
in newer versions of distributions:

        http://bugs.debian.org/627647

Without this library, we can't compile the sysfs plug-in for OpenHPI.

Secondly, someone wrote asking about the sysfs plug-in, and specifically
mentioned:

        "I was hoping the sysfs interface plugin would be a bit more
        interesting but, as far as I can tell, it’s not doing anything."

Does the sysfs plug-in really do anything useful?  Should we keep it?
Anyone interested in maintaining it?

It seems (though I have not checked) that it would not be difficult to
modify the sysfs plug-in to not use the libsysfs library, but my
question is whether anyone cares about the sysfs plug-in, and especially
does anyone care to do the work?  It would be a nice, reasonably-sized
project for someone who is wanting to become more familiar with OpenHPI
and contribute to the project.

Thanks for any thoughts,
Bryan Sutula