From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 27 14:56:26 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E318106564A for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:56:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 350F68FC1D for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:56:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so2121482iwn.13 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:56:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KJf6ngWNgSd+7nnsc9aQRBiVEATj4NPAji7aGlszRvk=; b=SsLjH++6V9+zdyIVMMRmbJq7lB7Jkd0i/qMgbLvswMNecmfaqDhNxnARC9fSOOLSRn nYq+Uvz7wKt9hNwMkAzLy9mxPiebj7GMx5rpoNXo+TgbcW4k6jdEW9mVC3a/e95aSyVH HbPdkuPU7WFmxOrA+og+bWkEWxi7wTp1PTURU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=TE/Gcth3rfjp6wBklUOs341f04hyUHqtojpd1Lv2dxfZtYfQHa44KZkP4hXDBT3one HDX//WtutL6IpoEQFjtW7M+G+npVSvwZuA/qTsLDzOw2gaJh+dzRnmxNaSPrfzta09o/ i8+RAOG3z1xvEf5i+ea3/4bRlZ1LcMWMeRhjY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.180.130 with SMTP id bu2mr2314002icb.18.1296140184066; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:56:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.42.131.69 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:56:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110127152453.8377cc77.jan0sch@gmx.net> References: <201101270609.59227.lumiwa@gmail.com> <20110127132423.cdb66a2a.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110127152453.8377cc77.jan0sch@gmx.net> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:56:24 +0100 Message-ID: From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= To: Jens Jahnke Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: future of the desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:56:26 -0000 On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Jens Jahnke wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:24:23 +0100 > Polytropon wrote: > > P> Keep in mind that all the "magic" the U* are doing on Linux > P> have been done by FreeBSD's devd for many years now. Maybe > P> this is the chance to revert to a WORKING and STABLE infra- > P> structure on FreeBSD. Just remember: FreeBSD had "hotplug > P> capabilities" and "automounter" for many years, even BEFORE > P> HAL and DBUS came to desktop land. > > Amen. :-) Yes, but DBus is a generic IPC system. It is just slightly related to automounting and hotpluging. I mean, DBus is an easy way for communicating processes that provides, among other things, activation of well-known services. That's it's goal. On the other side, I think HAL is not necessary at all since devd is enough to do that. Cheers > > -- > 27. Hartung 2011, 15:24 > Homepage : http://www.jan0sch.de > > The gentlemen looked one another over with microscopic carelessness. >