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

[Christian Mesh <meshca@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like that organized approach!

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:24 PM, tom <kult-ex@xxxxxx> wrote:
> ok - just as a proposal
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> http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:hal-removal
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> if you accept, perhaps evrybody can ad whats missing
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> I will test and collect information - sorry, I am to stupid for
> coding....
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> Thomas
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> Am Wed, 5 Sep 2012 18:41:44 +0000
> schrieb Christopher Rogers <slaxemulator@xxxxxxxxx>:
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>> 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:
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>> >
>> > 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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