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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Some possibly useful info on HAL
From:       Dale <rdalek1967 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-11-21 3:03:49
Message-ID: 4CE88C15.3070309 () gmail ! com
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walt wrote:
> I've copy/pasted below a new post to the devicekit-devel mail list. I 
> can't
> vouch for the accuracy of any of it, but it did catch my attention:
>
> =======================================================================
>
>
> There seems to be a lack of information in a central place about what to
> use in place of HAL.
>
> Obviously UPower, udisks and udev are part of this, but they only cover
> part of the functionality of HAL, which provided other information and
> services in a consistent way.
>
> I've been improving the pages on the FDO wiki to correct this situation,
> and I've commandeered 
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DeviceKit to
> bring together information on how to do various things that used to be 
> done
> with HAL.
>
> I've done what I can, so this is a plea for those in the know to check 
> what
> I've written and add anything I've missed.
>
> Thanks
>
> Alex
>
>
>

Has anyone replaced hal completely on a KDE system?  Any luck?  Issues?  
Downright deal breakers?

May as well include policykit or whatever it is called too?

Just looking ahead a bit here.

Dale

:-)  :-)

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