RE: hal or not to hal, thats the question ?

nice Thomas!

> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:34:47 +0200
> From: kult-ex@xxxxxx
> To: slitaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: hal or not to hal, thats the question ?
>
> ok - did a bit more research, added Brentons and Christophers
> suggestions - I hope correct - but evrybody can edit this page....
>
> Thomas
>
> Am Wed, 5 Sep 2012 18:41:44 +0000
> schrieb Christopher Rogers <slaxemulator@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > We may also want to move to systemd and libpng 1.5.x too. Systemd
> > merged with udev project. I also think it would be go to get to the
> > lastest version of libpng 1.5.x only cause we are going to have to
> > rebuild slitaz anyways i think.
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:18 PM, tom <kult-ex@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > thus nobody else is answering, may I interpret this as approval????
> > >
> > > here is the list of apps, who depend on hal (I hope I can trust
> > > pkgs.slitaz.org)
> > >
> > > dashel : C++ cross-platform data stream helper encapsulation
> > > library. gnomad2 : GTK+ music manager for the Creative Labs NOMAD
> > > and Zen range gtkpod : platform independent GUI for Apple's iPod
> > > using GTK2 gxine : GTK+ Xine media player user interface.
> > > hal-cups-utils : Cups backend/utils to browse and configure using
> > > HALUDIs hal-dev : Hal devel files.
> > > libexo-dev : Xfce extension library dev
> > > files hal-extra : Hal extra lib and fdi files.
> > > hal-info : hal sub-package that provides the hardware data and
> > > quirks. hal-scripts : Hal scripts files.
> > > ivman : Generic handler for HAL events.
> > > libgphoto2 : core library of gphoto2 to access photos from digital
> > > camera gphoto2 : digital camera download and access program
> > > hplip : Drivers for HP DeskJet, OfficeJet, Photosmart, Business
> > > Inkjet libgphoto2-dev : libgphoto2 devel files
> > > sane-backends : Scanner Access Now Easy.
> > > brscan : Brother Scanner driver for SANE.
> > > brscan2 : Brother Scanner driver for SANE.
> > > sane-backends-dev : Sane devel files.
> > > xsane : XSane - graphical scanning frontend.
> > > pcmanfm : Light and easy to use file manager.
> > > lxde : LXDE desktop environement meta package with SliTaz
> > > integration. pmount : Mount arbitrary hotpluggable devices as
> > > normal user. thunar-vfs : Thunar File Manager Libraries
> > > thunar-vfs-dev : Thnuar file manager libraries development files
> > >
> > > so I think, it is just necessary for cooking.iso to kick out hal,
> > > replace pcmanfm with pcmanfm2 (which is nothing else than pcmanfm
> > > 1.0) and add quite a lot of udev rules (which are missing) ?
> > >
> > > Thomas
> > >
> > >
> > > Am Tue, 4 Sep 2012 17:58:40 +0200
> > > schrieb Brenton Edgar Scott <trixarian@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > >
> > > > I'm in full agreement. We need to move away from HAL and the hd*
> > > > naming convention. We should use udev fully with the several apps
> > > > required for the shutdown and power management options.
> > > >
> > > > I have several issues with HAL, but the biggest one is that it
> > > > refuses to see DVDs on my system. I wonder what kind of space
> > > > we'd save on removing it.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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