On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 09:57:25PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > ]] Luca Niccoli > > | But what if I don't need hotplugging? Why should I bear hal flaws if I > | don't need its features? > > A machine without USB or PCI is not a particularly common sight those > days. Heck, even machines without SATA are becoming uncommon.
My desktop machine with USB, PCI, SATA, eSATA, PCIe and Firewire. And it runs happily, supports hotplugging devices, *without* hal. hal, AFAIK, is useful for users who don't want to customize systems; once you start customizing, hal and similar tools more get in the way than help. Just my oppinion. Everyone is of course entitled to disagree. regards, iustin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
