From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 25 20:10:34 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE8A6106566B for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:10:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwinlculp@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A980B8FC12 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:10:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxc34 with SMTP id 34so1962087vxc.13 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:10:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=OtlJxkmsZlI9ZH7+IazwECrvdszb8qYvOPN5kzGtMa0=; b=GylUNSB52RUYyrPUXpoC0WigmA47EG2PtKyghsEGkL73Qv7JbUOxTewuVY310vyq1e yuvAfYZpEo2hdGvwxMrN+aItZT2iA92NaHNCBwEzD2GTUzSTVI2+97C0UM11/6FSCWnI fbhLa25cHxCkWqtoJNP2y1ALeqA+fN5GWTrxA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Bj+5rbYFITfUkiowcJQtiUig4+M3NjhsWerLqdmwSN7X9Mv+rzHTqqYubi+ukh8D+t QdzsdJjweJIxxdomi4MOT781SRaoFNiNIBqxlekQMvlgss1yrKc+Yp3DIZwSWnrvjB6O Kfo0MNL040rQx6fXza1R4dUIawnzU5Vc2FfSU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.90.13 with SMTP id bs13mr4733267vdb.309.1298664633919; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:10:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.200.137 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:10:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201102251832.p1PIWmTW004839@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <20110225073814.57dcdd68@scorpio> <201102251832.p1PIWmTW004839@mail.r-bonomi.com> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:10:33 -0600 Message-ID: From: "Edwin L. Culp W." To: Robert Bonomi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HAL's demise X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:10:35 -0000 2011/2/25 Robert Bonomi : > >> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:38:14 -0500 >> From: Jerry >> Subject: Re: HAL's demise >> >> GNOME switched over a year ago, KDE and XFCE finished the transition a >> couple of months back. Other distros are apparently not even distributing >> it. What is preventing FBSD from joining the party? > > > HAL's demise is indefinitely delayed. > > Dave Bowman is otherwise occupied. > And Frank Poole is out of ciruculation. > > > *GRIN* > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > It seems that xfce4 still expects hal in make config en libexo and maybe others but I stoped there. That is probably part of "HAL's demise is indefinitely delayed" So it appears that there isn't a major window manager that doesn't require hal, one way or the other. ed