Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2014-05-17 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 17.05.2014 07:51, schrieb Bernd Zeimetz: > Please do so, and keep dependencies in mind which might need removal, too. Done. I've NMUed rhn-client-tools and rhnsd, marking both as linux-any, (debdiffs attached) and requested the partial removal for the !linux-any packages (#748460, #748461) Reg

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2014-05-16 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 17.05.2014 07:51, schrieb Bernd Zeimetz: > Please do so, and keep dependencies in mind which might need removal, too. No problem. The only rdep of rhn-client-tools that needs similar adjustments is rhnsd (also maintained by you and Miroslav). As I got your ok, I'll upload both rhn-client-tools

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2014-05-16 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Please do so, and keep dependencies in mind which might need removal, too. On 17. Mai 2014 00:55:14 MESZ, Michael Biebl wrote: >Am 17.05.2014 00:49, schrieb Michael Biebl: >> I'm fine with uploading that. Just let me know. > >Fwiw, I would also take care of removing the outdated binaries from the

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2014-05-16 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
On 17. Mai 2014 00:49:42 MESZ, Michael Biebl wrote: >Am 17.05.2014 00:34, schrieb Bernd Zeimetz: >> severity 710200 wishlist >> thanks >> >>> This bug is serious, since hal will be removed. It's been dead for >5+ years >>> now. Unless you want to take over the maintenance of hal? I'd be >happy

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2014-05-16 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 17.05.2014 00:49, schrieb Michael Biebl: > I'm fine with uploading that. Just let me know. Fwiw, I would also take care of removing the outdated binaries from the archive for !linux-any. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Ea

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2014-05-16 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 17.05.2014 00:34, schrieb Bernd Zeimetz: > severity 710200 wishlist > thanks > >> This bug is serious, since hal will be removed. It's been dead for 5+ years >> now. Unless you want to take over the maintenance of hal? I'd be happy to >> hand over maintainership to you. > > But then you can't

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2014-05-16 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 severity 710200 wishlist thanks > This bug is serious, since hal will be removed. It's been dead for 5+ years > now. Unless you want to take over the maintenance of hal? I'd be happy to > hand over maintainership to you. But then you can't force pe

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2014-05-16 Thread Michael Biebl
severity 710200 serious thanks Am 17.05.2014 00:10, schrieb Bernd Zeimetz: > severity 710200 wishlist > thanks > > Hi Michael, > > as discussed in the burg report there is not proper hal replacement at all as > even gudev doesn't provide as much information as hal does, and there is no > replace

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2014-05-16 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
severity 710200 wishlist thanks Hi Michael, as discussed in the burg report there is not proper hal replacement at all as even gudev doesn't provide as much information as hal does, and there is no replacement at all on !linux platforms. So either you provide a properly working replacement on !l

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2014-05-15 Thread Michael Biebl
Hi Mirek, Am 30.05.2013 12:21, schrieb Miroslav Suchy: > Today I talked to current rhn-client-tools upstream maintainer and we > come to some solution. > We will together deliver code, that will work even without HAL (ETA is > aprox max one month). But it will be degradation of quality on non-linu

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2013-05-30 Thread Miroslav Suchy
On 05/29/2013 11:43 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: If you disable hal support on non-Linux, what effect does that have? a) You will see no hardware info about that machine in Spacewalk. This would be very sad, but can be somehow survived. b) we will be unable to see info about computer itself. I m

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2013-05-29 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 29.05.2013 23:43, schrieb Michael Biebl: > Reading the description of the package, I'm wondering what this software > is supposed to do on e.g. kfreebsd for which no *BSD port exists. Argh, I meant to write here: "as no *BSD port for Red Hat exists". -- Why is it that all of the instruments

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2013-05-29 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 29.05.2013 07:42, schrieb Miroslav Suchý: > On 29.5.2013 02:35, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Your package builds with HAL support on non-Linux plattforms. >> >> Please disable HAL support on those plattforms and if applicable, port >> it to native interfaces provided on those architectures. > > Rhn-

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2013-05-28 Thread Miroslav Suchý
On 29.5.2013 02:35, Michael Biebl wrote: Your package builds with HAL support on non-Linux plattforms. Please disable HAL support on those plattforms and if applicable, port it to native interfaces provided on those architectures. Rhn-client-tools works actually with gudev or hal (and gudev is

Bug#710200: Uses deprecated HAL on non-Linux

2013-05-28 Thread Michael Biebl
Source: rhn-client-tools Version: 1.8.9-3 Severity: serious User: pkg-utopia-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: halectomy Hi, HAL has been deprecated and dead upstream for many years now so I'm going to request its removal from Debian [1]. Your package builds with HAL support on non-L