From kde-core-devel Thu Sep 16 16:05:30 2004 From: =?iso-8859-1?q?K=E9vin_Ottens?= Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:05:30 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: DCOP D-BUS HAL and new cd's Message-Id: <200409161805.31924.ervin () ipsquad ! net> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=109535071620129 Le Jeudi 16 Septembre 2004 15:45, David Faure a écrit : > On Thursday 16 September 2004 13:30, Waldo Bastian wrote: > > On Thursday 16 September 2004 08:08, Benjamin Meyer wrote: > > > As DCOP, D-BUS, and HAL are the current talk of the town I was curious > > > if it was discoused at akadamy and what the results were. For CD polling and insertion notification, there's some Linux specific code in kdenonbeta/kdeautorun too. Moreover HAL is currently really Linux specific... I don't see it ported to something else soon (I hope to be proved wrong). Fully relying on something Linux specific is not a good idea, we should not forget our FreeBSD users for example (and yes I'm a Linux user, but I don't deny the existence of other OS for KDE users). > > I am not aware of any discussions or their outcome, but a good start > > would be to consolidate this kind of functionality in the devices KDED > > module. I'm currently working on this, devices:/ needs a big cleanup for KDE 3.4 anyway. I admit I've been slow since the end of aKademy... but I'm starting a PhD and I have to deal with some nasty and boring paper work to get everything needed in shape for my university. > > CC'ing a bunch of people that have expressed an interest in this topic. > > (Maybe it's time for a mailinglist?) I agree here, maybe it's time for have a mailing list for this kind of topics. We have to handle the hardware correctly and some aspects of this work is in the hands of KDE developers. I vote for the creation of a "KDE Hardware Task Force" (I've no better name currently). And in my opinion it would be a big plus to have people using and working on non-Linux systems to avoid the "not portable trap". Not forgeting other Unices is very important for the KDE project. > Kevin is also working on that module AFAIK - adding to CC. Thank you David! ;-) Regards. -- Kévin 'ervin' Ottens, http://ervin.ipsquad.net "Ni le maître sans disciple, Ni le disciple sans maître, Ne font reculer l'ignorance."