* Dirk <noi...@gmx.net> [2009 Jul 15 17:41 -0500]: > it's not just a package... it's an indicator for debian losing touch > with it's main user base: people who dont want all that stuff Ubuntu > offers, especially annoyingly, interfering junk like HAL...
I didn't know that was the focus. I thought the focus is a universal operating system built around Free Software with a social contract to assure the computing freedom of its user base. HAL *is* Free Software, is it not? I actually like HAL as it has relieved me of a great deal of tedium. That said, I'm sure there are corner cases where it can be a pain. It does seem as though there is a strong sentiment against HAL from several users. You might contact the Xorg developers and ask nicely for them to remove the dependency. > i bet it wont even matter anymore if i compile X11 myself, huh? I doubt it, as HAL is part of the Free Desktop Project, as I recall, that Xorg is also a part of so it makes sense that X11 would take advantage of HAL. > debian should really have waited until HAL was obsoleted by > something better like devicekit... OTOH, XFree86 is still out there which I'll bet doesn't use HAL. - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | "Debian, the choice of My Kawasaki KZ-650 SR @ | a GNU generation!" http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/ | http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org