From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 8 21:51:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55CD5106566C for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 21:51:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (marcuscom-pt.tunnel.tserv1.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:ffff::1279]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E613E8FC0A for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 21:51:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:2464::4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:2464::4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n78LqBHa024758; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:52:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: "Tobias C. Berner" In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-PTQGhK15UT0mpq03iJCM" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:51:43 -0400 Message-Id: <1249768303.70279.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request for "WITHOUT_HAL" or a similiar thing. X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:51:41 -0000 --=-PTQGhK15UT0mpq03iJCM Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 14:18 +0200, Tobias C. Berner wrote: > Hi >=20 >=20 > I use some gnome-apps. But I do not ever use hal. I do not see its use fo= r me > apart from making me problems. > Playback of dvds stops working as soon as it is running, and I have diffe= rent > problems with X when it runs, some of which I could fix, but... You may want to read http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html#q6 . >=20 > I just don't see the use of that piece of software, or to put it an other= way > its flaws outshine its benefits for now, at least for me. >=20 > So what I wanted to ask is, if it wouldn't be possible to add a global > "WITHOUT_HAL" flag or something. > And further if it were possible to no longer just assume one wants hal, b= ut > rather make it a choice. Hal support is optional in just about every port where it can be made optional. If you find a port that requires hal, but it could be optional and is not, then let us know. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-PTQGhK15UT0mpq03iJCM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkp9824ACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4fKSQCfX/tqSeo+DDX9SP+Oso++NWhU Oa0An1HAygJk5MKkuOBEBWTpHgjKZitP =++5L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-PTQGhK15UT0mpq03iJCM--