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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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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

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