On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:30:58 +0100 Stefan Schmidt <[email protected]> said:

> Hello.
> 
> We just had a short discussion on IRC about keeping or removing the HAL 
> backend used in E and EFM for the release. Main points seem to be:
> 
> Arguments for removing:
> - Mike as our main device backend guy does neither care nor use HAL. He 
> supports udisk and eeze mounting though.
> - Keeping the code in for the release means we have to maintain it and 
> fix bugs.
> - HAL upstream seems dead.
> 
> Arguments for keeping:
> - The BSD users still use it (There seem to be a udisk port for *BSD 
> http://ftp1.fr.freebsd.org/mirrors/rsync.frugalware.org/frugalware-stable/source/xapps/udisks/,
>  
> any of our BSD users is using that)
> 
> I there anything missing? I would like to hear back from people using a 
> recent (as in svn checkout) E with HAL and their reason.

maintaining edbus hal means doing nothing - its protocol never changes. which
is good. as for hal in e using edbu's shal api - yes, maintenance is needed,
BUt we can remove it any time in future when no more hal installations exist,
but bsd as you mention does so i think we are best off keeping it as hal has
worked fine in the past and since hal is not a moving target, neither is
support :)

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