Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:51:43 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "Tobias C. Berner" <tcberner@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request for "WITHOUT_HAL" or a similiar thing. Message-ID: <1249768303.70279.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <op.ux25tndea4qlja@sam.firefly> References: <op.ux25tndea4qlja@sam.firefly>
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--=-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--
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