[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#525495: Please provide a minimal hal package

[Michael Biebl]

Michael Biebl wrote:
> tags 525495 wontfix
> thanks
> 
> Harald Braumann wrote:
> 
>> Would it be possible, to provide a minimal hal package that _only_ provides
>> information about hardware and hotplugging events? All the additional stuff
>> could be provided in an add-on package, which hal would recommend. I think,
>> this could be useful also for others who don't use the GNOME or KDE OS.
> 
> Hi Harry,
> 
> I agree with you, that HAL has somewhat grown into a kitchensync over its
> lifetime. Unfortunately it's not easily, if at all possible to rip HAL apart in
> smaller pieces (that's why I mark the bug as wontfix).
> 
> On the other hand, there is work underway to replace HAL with something new,
> more modular, called DeviceKit, where you have separate components (e.g.
> DeviceKit-power, DeviceKit-disks), which can be installed separately and will
> deprecate/replace HAL step by step.
> 

See also:
DeviceKit ITP: http://bugs.debian.org/521361
DeviceKit-power ITP: http://bugs.debian.org/521363
DeviceKit-disks ITP: http://bugs.debian.org/521364

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